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Title	Big Edge
View	Overall view from W. Harmon Avenue
Work Type	visual works sculpture (visual work)
Style/Period	Twenty-first century
Creator Name	Rubins, Nancy, 1952-
Creator Nationality	American
Date.Creator Birth	1952
Contributors to Project	Nancy Rubins (American sculptor, born 1952)
Subject.work	abstraction contemporary (1960 to present) Boats and boating found art adaptive re-use
Country	United States
City	Las Vegas
State/Province	Nevada
Location.Notes	2600 W. Harmon Avenue; CityCenter, in front of the Vdara Hotel
Architectural Material	salvaged boats; steel base and armature; stainless steel wire cable
Technique	construction (assembling); metalworking
Dates	2009 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	3/19/2010
Subject Information	'Big Edge' sits in the middle of the traffic circle outside the front entrance of Vdara Hotel. It is a colorful collection of about 200 rowboats, kayaks, canoes, surfboards, paddle boats and catamarans wrapped together with stainless steel wire cable forming a web-like structure that is designed to 'evoke a blooming flower.' Nancy Rubins is an American sculptor famous for 'gravity-defying' works created from salvaged industrial consumer goods like airplane parts, electrical appliances, mattresses and boats. 'Big Edge' is 57-by-75-feet and took about six weeks to build.
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)