Comma Lee Badger;
Hedgesville, WV
On view at Wachovia Plaza
26 Salem Avenue SE
Comma,
a spiral steel disk, turns on a cylindrical base evoking
celestial, nautical, and industrial images.
Lee
Badger began his career as an artist/blacksmith in Denver and
the Colorado Rockies, coming to the Mid-Atlantic region in the
late 80s. He taught and worked as an artist in residence at
Glen Echo National Park in D.C. In 1998 he built the Anvil Works
studio and metal work shop in Hedgesville, WV, where he specializes
in furniture making, sculpture, and fulfilling commissions for
architects, designers, and homeowners alike.
For more information, contact Public Art Coordinator Susan
Jennings at (540) 853-5652.
City of Roanoke, Department of Economic Development,
117 West Church Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24011-1905