Kayli Cottonwood

Kayli Cottonwood



“Tesselation in Bloom”

Museum of Outdoor Arts 2025 Artist Internship




Title: Totems - Horse Fly
Date: Summer 2025

Materials: Bronze Cast
Dimensions: 4 inches x 4inches x 1 inch
“Horse Fly” is in ode to Lewis Carrol’s original illustration of the Horse Fly from Through the Looking Glass, this ornament adorns the garden. Rejoicing in the magics of storytelling that influences the creative journey in people of all ages. 



Title: Sol Scopos
Date: Summer 2025

Materials: Steel, Acrylic and Solar Lighting
Dimensions: 8ft x 1.5ft  x 1.5ft
“Sol Scopos” is an exploration of light, drawing inspiration from a kaleidoscope’s broken geometric array of shapes and colors. With each corner pointing to a cardinal direction, this work is responsive to the place and time it is viewed. By deconstructing geometric forms, specifically the octahedron, we created a unique sacred geometric pattern which is illuminated both day and night.

Title: Fractal Flow
Date: Summer 2025

Materials: Wood, Steel, Paint
Dimensions: 4.5ft x 35ft x 1.5ft
“Fractal Flow” features shapes from each of the five platonic solids, including several shapes that may exist in between. By cascading the forms through the museum’s wetlands, the sculpture works to highlight life’s transient nature through the shifting of shapes.
Title: Chrysalis
Date: Summer 2025

Materials: Steel, Military Parachute (ripstop), Synthetic Threads, Lighting
Dimensions: 8ft x 7ft x 7ft
“Chrysalis” is a large-scale sculptural form built from a welded armature inspired by the tetrahedron—the Platonic solid associated with fire and rebirth. Its shape evokes a cocoon mid-metamorphosis, stretched with translucent fabric and lit from within, casting warm fire-like light through the geometric skeleton. Though rooted in sacred geometry, the structure resists symmetry, leaning into the organic asymmetry of nature. It glows from within like a being on the cusp of becoming.
Title: VOID
Date: Summer 2025

Materials: 3D Printing, Foam, Paint, Lighting
Dimensions: 1ft x 1ft x 1ft
Void is an immersive installation that investigates the relationship between time, space, and perception. Drawing from the surrealist language of artists like Leonora Carrington and René Magritte, and the visual distortion of funhouse mirrors, the work reflects on the constructed nature of self-image. A suspended torus—representing continuity and the structure of the universe—anchors the piece, casting endless reflections within mirrored geometric forms. Referencing the dodecahedron as a symbol of the ether, Void invites viewers into a space where reality bends, and the visible and invisible begin to blur.
Published February 2025