Story and photograph by Nelson Star reporter Bill Metcalfe. This content first appeared in the Nelson Star on April 21, 2026. Selkirk College is grateful for the ongoing support of regional media.
The artist Isaiah Kingdon likes to make big things, large-scale works that stand out in a landscape or a room.
His student project entitled Forest Flower served as a bold centrepiece installed on the floor at Mary Hall in Nelson on April 17-18, part of the annual year-end exhibit by students in Selkirk College’s digital arts and digital fabrication programs.
Kingdon’s over-sized version of a crown brodiaea, a species of flower native to western North America, is made of steel, purple acrylic and polycarbonate.
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Photo caption: Isaiah Kingdon with Forest Flower, constructed of steel, purple acrylic and polycarbonate made for Selkirk College’s year-end digital arts show. He says he likes “playing with scale, shape, and geometry, and creating things at a big scale.” (Photo: Bill Metcalfe/Nelson Star)