Fabrication is currently underway at Bullseye Studio for Cascadia, a large-scale public artwork by Seattle-based artist Morgan Madison. Commissioned for the expanded SEA Gateway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the project brings together design, ecology, and kilnformed glass at architectural scale.
The SeaTac project emerged from Madison’s proposal to fill a curtain wall with large-scale kilnformed glass artworks. Drawing inspiration from the Cascadia Field Guide—a distinctive publication mapping the Northwest into thirteen ecological zones through art, poetry, and stories—Morgan embarked on a nearly two-year journey of creative exploration and technical problem-solving.
“Every drawing teaches you something,” he reflects. “Even the dead ends help refine what you’re reaching for. With this project, I wasn’t trying to depict scenes so much as to convey energy, the feel of natural settings—the hush of coastal fog, the pulse of a river, the fractured geometry of alpine light.”
Composed of thirteen triptychs, Cascadia spans 39 panels of kilnformed and laminated glass—each measuring 28 x 85.5 inches and constructed from four stacked layers of glass and laminate interlayers. Designed to filter daylight into the Promenade-level check-in area, the works generate shifting interactions of color and texture that respond to changing light and the motion of passing travelers.
“Even though I’ve fabricated 98% of my previous work,” says Madison, “I always imagined Bullseye is where I’d go for help with a project of this magnitude. Bullseye makes the glass. They test it. They develop the color. It’s a fifty-year ecosystem of expertise. There’s nowhere better.”
The moment Morgan saw his first finished panel was a thrill. “To walk into the studio and find my little line drawings suddenly at scale, in colored glass, with light moving through those rich textures—it was incredible. I got goosebumps.”
As of summer 2025, Cascadia is scheduled for installation at SeaTac in early 2026.
