Widely recognized for her assembled constructions of repeating elements and leaf-shaped or quatrefoil glazed forms in terracotta and stoneware, Robischon artist Kim Dickey uses intricate techniques to further her historically inspired design concepts through a contemporary lens. Dickey recently completed the installation of the large-scale, permanent wall sculpture, “Carnation City Mille-fleur,” at Denver's Lutheran Hospital, featuring more than 2300 glazed terracotta quatrefoil leaves. Noting the rich agricultural history of the hospital’s location, once called “Carnation City,” Dickey layers plant imagery within her work that is expressive of what was common in the area - highlighting those plants which contributed to the development of medicines. “Carnation City Mille-fleur” takes elements from sixteenth-century tapestries and native, medicinal flora to formally bring history forward and the outside in, exemplary of Dickey’s deeply considered conceptual approach.