douglas w merkey
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custom interactive

Artist Douglas W. Merkey offers custom interactive wood wall sculpture ideal for use in healthcare, senior living, memory care, therapeutic, and private residential spaces. Customize size and color for these durable, cleanable, and beautiful designs! He welcomes commissions.

AVAILABLE - contact me to acquire or customize.

SOLD. WANDERING WAVES STANDARD DUTY beautifully invites viewers to touch its soothing, wavy forms and create their own artistic masterpiece. This STANDARD DUTY version is best for lighter-impact users (e.g., supervised children, healthy adults). Its interactive waves are smooth on one side and textured on the other. HERE’S a video of this design in action. Contact me to customize size and colors.

SOLD. WANDERING WAVES HEAVY DUTY beautifully invites viewers to touch its soothing, wavy forms and create their own artistic masterpiece. This HEAVY DUTY version is best for rougher-impact users (e.g., behaviorally-challenged adults and children). It's interactive waves (smooth on both sides), hinges, and backer are ~2X thicker and move more firmly than the Standard Duty version. Contact me to customize size, and column/frame colors.

SOLD. SPINNING BEAUTY invites viewers to interact by spinning its columns and/or aligning segments within each column as a simple therapeutic exercise. Durably created with solid steel, poplar, and New Zealand pine. Contact me to customize size, and column/frame colors.

30×30 Spinning Beauty

25x56 Spinning Beauty

SOLD. OTHER INTERACTIVE ARTWORK. Contact me to customize.

THE DANCE (40x40x3) boasts 70 spinning cubes that reflect the ever-changing dance between the divine and the human. The divine is signified by the iridescent sub-faces while the human is signified by a variety of natural wood ingots from around the world (Bloodwood, Canary Wood, Maple, Zebrawood, Wenge, Bolivian Rosewood). The piece is framed with solid maple.

2024 Environments for Aging Expo + Conference

I was honored that DAC Art Consulting showcased my interactive sculpture “Wandering Waves” at the April, 2024 Environments for Aging Expo + Conference in Atlanta. Together, we met the event’s goal to “offer the latest strategies and ideas for creating functional and attractive living environments that meet the needs of our aging population. During this three-day learning experience, attendees will network with peers while learning the latest innovations and best practices in senior-friendly design for long-term and residential care settings.”