The Bookworm

The Bookworm

@ the Conover Library Literacy Garden, NC

2025 - present

The Bookworm is a response to a national Request for Proposals I competed for and was awarded to create a functional artistic seating bench for the children at the Conover Library newly constructed Literacy Garden in Conover, NC. It is made from up-cycled propane tanks and caps from BLT Tanks in Kingfisher, OK, and 2, 30” diameter stainless steel pipe bends from a Billings, MT refinery yard.

After delivering the raw materials to Conover from my home in MD, I worked with local fabricators Sam & Elizabeth Steffey to cut and weld the pieces, and painted it for the finished look you see here.

Thanks to Project Manage Kaitlyn Lindler and the City of Conover Public Works Dept. for facilitating the installation!

Finished product with poured in place rubber, landscaping and sidewalks.
Close Up
Finished product with poured in place rubber, landscaping and sidewalks.
Unveiling event
Finished product with poured in place rubber, landscaping and sidewalks.
Ribbon cutting with the Mayor of Conover and others.
Unveiling event
Finished product with poured in place rubber, landscaping and sidewalks.
Post Installation picture with City of Conover Project Manager Kaitlyn Lindler.
Installation day
Installation day
Installation day
Installation day
Installation day
Installation day
Installation day
At the hotel in Conover, NC before painting.
At the hotel in Conover, NC before painting.
Fabrication at the Steffeys
Fabrication at the Steffeys
Fabrication at the Steffeys
Fabrication at the Steffeys
Fabrication at the Steffeys
Fabrication at the Steffeys
Fabrication at the Steffeys
Massive pipe bends in Billings, MT
Massive pipe bends in Billings, MT
BLT Tanks in Kingfisher, OK
BLT Tanks in Kingfisher, OK
BLT Tanks in Kingfisher, OK
BLT Tanks in Kingfisher, OK
Transporting from Maryland
Transporting from Maryland
Original CAD model