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Three adults look up at enormous pink and apricot petal sails supported beneath the iron roof of an old station hall.

Petal sails fill the old station hall

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Petal sails unfold beneath the high roof of the station hall, rising from clustered supports into a vast fabric canopy. Their curved surfaces range from deep coral to soft pink and pale apricot. Sunlight passes through the cloth, revealing seams, wrinkles and subtle changes in thickness. The nearest sail fills much of the upper frame, giving the installation an immense scale before the eye reaches the people below.

Three visitors stand together on the stone floor. One points toward the overhead structure while the others follow his gaze, their small group providing a clear measure of the room’s height. Low circular bases hold branching metal frames, and cables reach upward toward the existing roof. These visible connections make the delicate-looking petals part of a substantial physical space.

Behind the cloth, tall brick arches and intricate ironwork preserve the character of the old hall. The glazed roof admits warm afternoon light that travels through the sails and forms soft colored patches on the floor. Heavy masonry, slender steel and translucent fabric create a layered scene in which the familiar station architecture becomes an expansive garden of artificial petals.

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