Marine Layer
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Marine Layer, by Miki Iwasaki, is a corten steel sculpture that captures shifting atmosphere through form, light, and pattern. Its perforated surface filters the surrounding environment, allowing sky, water, and passing light to become part of the work.
At Metson Lake, where reflections and movement are constant, the sculpture changes with its conditions. What appears solid becomes porous, and what feels still begins to shift with light, wind, and the water’s surface. Iwasaki’s practice bridges architecture, art, and material exploration, transforming industrial materials into spatial, atmospheric experiences.
Here, Marine Layer invites viewers to slow down and notice the subtle transitions that shape the landscape, where perception is always in flux.
About the Artist
Miki Iwasaki is an artist and designer raised in Southern California and currently living in San Diego. His curiosity in making and building things eventually led him to pursue a career in architecture, and attend California State Polytechnic University in Pomona California. Miki also studied for a year at the Kyushu Institute of Design in Fukuoka, Japan and received his Masters in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His architectural experience includes work in New York, Los Angeles, and San Diego firms, and spans a variety of project types including residential, office, restaurant, retail, and gallery work. Throughout his academic and early professional years, Miki remained dedicated to his own art projects and furniture designs. Miki’s interests and skills constantly expand in the field of architecture, art and design as he pushes himself to explore new materials, methods and projects.