It rests on a base that measures approximately 6 inches tall and 11 feet wide..[2] An inscription reads, "ALI BAUDOIN WIND CRADLE / STAINLESS STEEL 1976".

[2] Seattle Weekly's David Stoesz said of the sculpture: Wind Cradle looks like six giant blades of grass, or the magnified cartoon facial hairs of a razor commercial.

The work of New Mexico native and UW MFA grad Ali Baudoin, it was installed in 1976, when earnestly rendered organic forms in the Henry Moore tradition weren't exactly the latest thing.

It's an unfortunate association for this lustrous, durable material that changes colors with the sky even after thirty years of being left out in the rain.

Scandalously overlooked by Brian Miller in his recent survey of local public art, it seems these days to serve mainly as a kiosk for stickers and fliers.