Documented artwork / monumental steel sculpture
Fibonacci's Arc
Credit as documented: John Fleming
Fibonacci's Arc links a mathematical growth pattern to Oregon Tech's engineering campus in Klamath Falls. John Fleming developed the layered steel curve for the southwest corner of Cornett Hall through Oregon's Percent for Art program. The university reported finishing work in September 2021. Its civil engineering students made a smaller model to study weld positions and weight distribution, working with professor C.J. Riley. Student Devin Anderson Moser connected the artist with Precision Structural Engineering, Inc.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2021 (installation reported September 24)
- Materials
- layered plate steel
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Nearly 38 feet tall; 22,000 pounds. Twelve 1/2-inch plates taper from 6 inches at the base to 1/2 inch at the tip.
- Dimensions apply to
- Published height and mass describe the sculpture; thickness values describe its laminated construction. No engineering specification is inferred.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2021
Cornett Hall, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon
- Site
- Cornett Hall, Oregon Institute of Technology
- City
- Klamath Falls
- State / region
- OR
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Commissioner
- Oregon Arts Commission Percent for Art program
- Historical siting
- permanent
- Setting
- outdoor
- Start year
- 2021
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
Twelve half-inch steel plates create a taper from six inches at the base to half an inch at the tip. The approximately 22,000-pound sculpture arrived in sections, was welded on campus and then raised by crane.
Presentation and site context
The artist oriented the arc toward Crater Lake; the university also describes its alignment with Cornett's civil engineering laboratories.
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Sources
- www.johnflemingartist.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.oit.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- www.oit.edu ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17