Chillida | Peine del Viento: Steel Claws Embedded in Coastal Rock

Three massive weathering steel components are directly anchored into the natural rock formation at the end of a bay, each weighing about ten tons. Their forms resemble fingers or comb teeth extending towards the sea and curving inwards, as if to grasp or comb the oncoming wind. The three components vary in position, height, and orientation, embedded in rocks at different elevations; the lowest one will be hit by waves at high tide. The steel is rusted to a saturated orange-brown, contrasting with the grey-black rocks and white surf. There are blowholes on the adjacent granite platform, which spray mist and make sounds when waves crash in. Photograph on a windy day with large waves from the shore, showing both the surf and the silhouettes of the steel structures. Avoid: identical component shapes, installation on artificial bases, rust-proof steel treatment, choosing calm, waveless weather.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

三件粗大的耐候鋼構件直接錨固在海灣末端的天然岩盤上,各重約十噸,形體像手指或梳齒向海的方向伸出並向內彎曲,彷彿要抓住或梳理迎面而來的風。三件的位置、高度與朝向各不相同,分別嵌在不同高度的岩石上,漲潮時最低的一件會被浪打到。鋼材鏽成飽和的橘褐,與灰黑的岩石、白色的浪花對比。旁邊的花崗岩平台上有噴氣孔,浪打進來時會噴出水霧與聲音。風浪大的日子從岸上拍攝,浪花與鋼構的剪影同時可見。避免:構件形體相同、安裝在人工基座上、鋼材防鏽處理、選在平靜無浪的天氣。