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34 • MARCH 2012 • WORLD FENCE NEWS GLOBAL HARDWARE SYSTEMS, INC. Manufacturers & Wholesalers Fence Fittings • Barbed Wire • Bolts & Nuts Established 1984 "Serpentine Fence" receives Les Grube Memorial Design Award Frederick, Maryland • Dallas, Texas 301-696-1416 • Fax 301-696-1417 1-800-330-1845 At FENCETECH'12 in Miami Beach in late January, a unique "Ser- pentine Fence" near Boston, was named the recipient of the 2011 Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute Les Grube Memorial Design Award. The Award is designed to spotlight unusual and creative uses of chain link materials, and is named for Les Grube, a past president of CLFMI and a fence industry pioneer. The Award recog- nizes both the architect and the in- stalling contractor. (Eligible projects must be architect-designed.) The "Serpentine Fence" is an inte- gral part of a newly-redesigned neigh- borhood park at the South Street Mall and Courts in Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts. Beth Galston of Envi- ronmental Sculpture was the designer and Bartek Konieczny of Solutions in Metal was the installer. They collabo- rated on the project, which took three years to complete. The colorful fence and a new land- scape of curved granite walls and paving designs create harmony. Galston writes, "I saw an opportu- nity for my sculpture idea when con- templating the existing chain link fence that separated the park from the tennis courts. Functionally, it needed to be there to keep tennis balls from Avalanche Series™ Concealed Fastener Fence Yorktown Series™ 5/8" x 3/4" Picket Ornamental Fencing Glass Panel Railing entering the park, but it was 120 feet long and not a thing of beauty. So I de- cided that I would design a new sculp- tural art fence to replace the existing chain link fence separating the South Street Mall and courts. "I wanted to create a signature piece, transforming this functional el- ement into an elegant and beautiful art- work that set the stage for the entire park. Estate Gates Ornamental Railing ZipTrack™ Cantilever Gate Buy American, Be American™ u u u Chesterfield, MI Port Richey, FL Murfreesboro, TN AAMA 2604 COMPLIANT "My design is a sculptural fence made of chain link fabricated in a ser- pentine shape with sinuous curves. I decided to use an ordinary material – chain link – in an extraordinary way. In a normal fence, the idea is that the posts are all vertical. In this fence, the rails at the top and bottom are serpen- tine, and the posts are purposely set at angles (none of them are straight) to create a sense of rhythm and energy. The chain link fabric is stretched around this structure to create billow- ing curves," she said. "This is a unique way to use chain link that has not been done previously. To realize this design, I worked with the highly skilled fabricator, Bartek Abo purple fabric and frame nce" v e pentine fy nearb , a c l ser purpose . cour the cur purpose to restrain tennis balls fr e oseup of the custom coated w ved construction of the f The photo belo ts, ves both a functional rk. as well as an aesthetic (Photos cour The o "ser - w illustrates om tesy CLFMI) ence . W e are en vironmentally responsib le