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Breaker

Adam Kuby

Weatherwax Park

A landmark sculpture made from reclaimed sandstones celebrates Aberdeen’s history and identity.

Adam Kuby. Breaker, 2012. Reclaimed sandstones and landscaping. Weatherwax Park, Aberdeen, WA. Photo: Adam Kuby
After a fire destroyed the historic J.M. Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen, WA in 2002, the community rallied to save hundreds of hand-carved sandstones that had adorned the building’s façade since its construction in 1909. The majority of those stones, originally hewn from a quarry in the Cascades, became the primary material in Breaker, a landmark sculpture by Portland-based artist Adam Kuby. Inspired by the shapes of the stones and the craftspeople who carved them long ago, Kuby created a 64-foot ocean wave, using four of the scroll-shaped sandstones to form its crest. At night, LEDs wash the artwork with shifting colors and visual effects.
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J.M. Weatherwax High School (1936), Aberdeen, WA. Photo: Bliss B. Jones. Courtesy of the Aberdeen Museum of History
Adam Kuby. Breaker, 2012. Reclaimed sandstones and landscaping. Weatherwax Park, Aberdeen, WA. Photo: Adam Kuby
Adam Kuby. Breaker, 2012. Reclaimed sandstones and landscaping. Weatherwax Park, Aberdeen, WA. Photo: Adam Kuby