Henry Richardson's "Healing the World" sculpture will be unveiled at the Miami Botanical Gardens on November 18th at 11am.

The link to photographs of the event is http://www.magicalphotos.com/ajjapourgallery/. The event was a great success, raising money for the hospital and providing wonderful entertainment for all. The city of Miami Beach also surprised me with a proclamation declaring that Sunday, November 18th, 2007 as officially "Henry Richardson Day."

The orb at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is receiving wonderful critiques from dedicated art lovers
See the following link: www.mainegardens.org

Mayor Mark Boughton announced at a community September 11 Memorial Service in 2003 that the City of Danbury, CT would erect a permanent September 11 Memorial and dedicate it on September 11 2004. The appointed 9-11 committee then selected Henry Richardson to create the sculpture that would be the focal point of the memorial. Richardson created the sculpture by taking huge sheets of 28 inch square panels of ½ inch glass, cut out the centers and then used a hammer and chisel to chisel out the inner space, forming a 21 inch square by 144 inch interior space- representing the absence of the World Trade Towers to their proportional dimensions. The interior empty space is the same proportional dimensions as the physical presence of both towers.

Looking from the front of the sculpture through a 8 inch wide window to the inside of the column, one sees an inner column of polished glass, 3 inches thick by 9 inches wide by 12 feet high, with engraved names of all the Connecticut victims. Danbury resident's names are highlighted at eye-level. Richardson chose to alphabetize the victims names by first name, feeling that to be a more personal way of finding a loved one.

The memorial, located on Main Street in Elmwood Park is a 12 foot high, 6000 pound tower of glass mounted on a pentagon of Connecticut granite.

click here to read a letter from the mayor of Danbury, Mark D Boughton.

The events of September 11, 2001 reside in the collective consciousness of the world, Friends, family, coworkers, or strangers witnessed the carnage and shared shock, anger, sadness, and confusion - relived in most cases to be amidst others. Inevitably though, every individual is left alone in solitary contemplation. Out of these experiences comes the realization of new and revitalized connections to life. The memorial will be an opportunity to revisit the realization on sacred ground.

The Tipping Point sculpture is a 8" by 30" plate of glass balanced on the tip of a mortar shell. Arranged under the surface of the glass are two opposing visions of America's miliary future. On one side, traditional green GI Joe figures are arrayed, on the other, Imperial Star Wars Troopers. This sculpture raises questions of miliary supremacy, freedom and empire. America was founded on the principle that people have a right to live free from tyranny. Beginning with the American Revolution, we have shown our willingness to defend that principle with force, when diplomacy fails. To protect our freedom, Americans have spent countless sums to build the most powerful military force in the world. The danger we face, however, is that no power in the history of the world has developed overwhelming military supremacy and not used it for expansion and empire building. Are we at the tipping point? Do we have the political will and restraint to limit our use of military power to protect freedom, or will we become the tyrants and empire builders we once rebelled against? Secondly, the sculpture speaks to a more insidious side of these new wars, their entertainment value. How removed have we become from the realities of war? Why are there so few images of destruction, maimed bodies and carnage? Desert Storm got higher TV ratings than the Super Bowl, and we followed the action in Iraq on playing cards. The sculptural reference to Star Wars, or war on the big screen, raise uncomfortable questions about blurring the lines between entertainment and war.

A glass sculpture from Henry Richardson's spheroid series, was created out of layered circles of reconstructed, fractured glass. Each ring of bonded, shattered glass was mathematically calculated to correspond to a correct circumference for each layer, the sum of which forms this 5,000 lb., 6 foot hollow, crystalline sphere. The inspiration of Tikkun comes form my belief that societies, which inspire and welcome individual acts of grace, become more considerate, more kind, more tolerant, more open. Tikkun, the word, comes form the Hebrew phrase "Tikkun Olam," which simply means: repairing the world. According to the oral tradition of Hebrew mysticism, as God created the universe, divine substance became infused into every aspect of our material world, including each and every one of us. When any one of us does a good deed, an act of kindness, a beneficent gesture, we become part of a collective force that mends the universe. I created Tikkun, and titled it, to allow each person their individual interpretation of this concept. For me, Tikun is the hope that our collective acts of grace will ultimately, like these shattered fragments of glass, contribute to a better world, a sparkling, crystalline whole.

Questions related to the acquisition or exhibition of Tikkun should be addressed to henry@henryrichardson.com

click here to read the Daily Hampshire Gazette's article about "Tikkun".

click here to read a letter written about Tikkun by Jonathan L. Fairbanks -- Senior Vice President of Museum & Historical Affiliations.

Henry Richardson created a solid glass sculpture entitled "Coming of Age" for Ms. Margi Derito in Beverly, MA in the spring of 1999. It is an expression, in the subtlest elements of form, of the pulling together of all of ones parts when one finally comes of age, becoming a complete and centered person.

Mr. Richardson was asked to create the primary awards for the Children of Chernobyl Foundation's Gala Dinner and Auction on November 11, 1998. The Humanitarian "Tree of Life" award went to Leslie and Anna Dan and the "Children of Chernobyl" award went to Mr. Jon Voight.

The Foundation was established to save children who are living in the area affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Foundation has saved over 1,641 children to date and its ongoing efforts require the support of generous patrons.

If you are interested in learning more about the Children of Chernobyl please contact their offices at (212) 681-7800. The mailing address is 535 Fifth Avenue, Suite 301, NY, NY, 10017

Mr. Richardson participated in the "Glass America" show at the Heller Gallery in New York in January of 1998. The show included works from the reconstruction series in vessel and angel forms.

The Franz Bader Gallery in Washington, D.C. had a solo showing of Mr. Richardson's sculpture and furniture in April of 1994. Included in the show was the glass throne and the Z-table.