Chalk Walk invites visitors to turn a garden path into a shared, temporary mural. A simple chalk-dispensing sculpture sits just off the main route, encouraging people to take a colour and draw along the path edge. The ground becomes a public canvas that appears, layers, fades, and resets through rain and foot traffic, echoing the garden’s cycles of growth and renewal.
The form is deliberately minimal. A powder-coated steel column supports a domed crown holding 8 to 12 large chalk sticks, with a shallow tray below for used stubs. As the chalk shortens unevenly, the crown becomes a visible barometer of participation over time. No moving parts. No power. No instructions. Just an open invitation, legible to all ages.
Chalk Walk treats chalk not as decoration, but as civic infrastructure: a way to shift public art from something to observe into something people make together. There is no skill barrier, no language barrier, and no cost barrier. It is designed for year-round use, with optional seasonal palettes as an added layer rather than a dependency.
A circular material loop is built into the work. Used stubs are collected and either donated, recycled, or crushed into “chalk seeds”: small sachets of powder that can be mixed with water to make simple chalk paint.