25ft Paper Airplane Sculpture – Osage Park, AR | Launch Intention

Rust-colored Launch Intemtion Paper Airplane Sculpture in a natural setting with trees and sky at Osage Park In Arkansas

LANDED MAY 13TH, 2019

25 FT INSTALLATION

BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS // 2019

LAUNCH INTENTION // Osage Park, AR

Installed in 2019, this 25-foot corten steel Launch Intention sculpture became part of the expanding public art collection within Osage Park in Bentonville, Arkansas—a thoughtfully designed urban nature park centered around conservation, recreation, architecture, and community experience. Surrounded by wetlands, elevated walkways, open water, gathering spaces, and curated public art, the sculpture was placed directly within tall grass and wildflowers, allowing the monumental paper airplane to feel naturally embedded into the landscape itself.

Positioned throughout a network of walking paths, pavilions, and outdoor amenities, the installation is encountered gradually as visitors move through the park. The weathering corten steel surface mirrors the surrounding natural tones and seasonal shifts, creating a quiet relationship between sculpture and environment. The familiar symbol, scaled beyond expectation, introduces an element of curiosity and reflection within a setting already designed to slow people down and reconnect them with the outdoors.

As part of Bentonville’s growing investment in accessible public art and community-centered outdoor spaces, the sculpture contributes to an experience that blends recreation, nature, architecture, and cultural engagement into a shared environment. Whether discovered individually through quiet exploration or experienced collectively through gatherings and events, the work continues to function as an open point of interaction within the daily rhythm of the park.

Wide landscape view of Griffin Loop’s Launch Intention paper airplane sculpture at Osage Park under glowing stormy skies, public art beacon for mindful community gathering

25-foot Launch Intention paper airplane sculpture by Griffin Loop in Osage Park framed by wildflowers and a rainbow, public art installation inspiring intention and community connection

Rust-toned Launch Intention paper airplane sculpture by Griffin Loop at Osage Park surrounded by fall foliage, large-scale contemporary public art inviting reflection and shared intention

Snow-covered Launch Intention steel paper airplane sculpture by Griffin Loop rising from winter grasses at Osage Park, immersive public artwork inviting quiet moments of reflection

Artist Note

What stood out most about Osage Park was the level of care put into creating a space where nature, recreation, design, and community could all exist together seamlessly.

There’s a thoughtful balance throughout the entire environment—the materials, pathways, architecture, wetlands, and public offerings all support different ways of experiencing the space, both individually and collectively. The result feels immersive rather than imposed.

Seeing the sculpture settled into the tall grass and wildflowers, surrounded by movement, water, art, and gathering spaces, reinforced something important to me: public art can become part of the atmosphere of a place rather than simply an object within it.

The experience feels both highly designed and completely natural at the same time.

CREDITS & THANK YOU'S

Thank you to the community, collaborators, and supporters who made this installation possible. Each contribution—whether through time, resources, or belief—helped transform an idea into something tangible and shared. This sculpture represents more than a single vision; it reflects a collective intention launched together. May it serve as a space to gather, reflect, and imagine what’s possible when ideas are given the opportunity to take flight.