Commissioned under the Sarasota County Arts in Public Places Program, the sculpture titled ”Kaleidoscope” was created using a technique Rosenberg developed and first used in 1986 to create large-scale metal sculptures with intricate, complex designs. Called “detonography,” the process involves detonating a sheet of plastic explosive over a sandwich of a carved image and a metal plate, forcing the plate onto the carved image. The resulting bas relief is called a “detonograph.” Rosenberg also uses natural objects such as leaves and feathers in her artwork. “Kaleidoscope” is comprised of 21 window-like panels or “detonographs,” each providing “a view into a world that can be explored in the materials contained in the library, ” according to the artist. “A library provides an entrance to many worlds,” Rosenberg said. “Books show the way to go inside of things, revealing the smallest detail.    “They allow us to look outside ourselves into the larger world around us and into the universe. We can lose our balance in books and gain it back. My aim in this piece is to give the sense of wonder that comes from this kind of exploration.” The panels illustrate such diverse subjects as a spiral galaxy, orchids, the tree of life, jazz music, the brain, a circus elephant, storytellers and school desegregation. Rosenberg chose some of the subjects because of their local and state connections. The panels will be installed next week in three areas at the library: inside, on a wall by the book stacks and reading areas; and outside, above the entrance to the community meeting room and on a large orange wall that serves as a focal point for the library, which opened last fall. Video footage of the artist creating the sculpture in New Mexico will be shown during the April 8 event, which is free to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Awarded by the Board of County Commissioners last September, the $53,250 commission was funded by art set-aside funds from public building construction projects. Rosenberg was one of three finalists chosen to make site-specific artwork proposals. The finalists were selected from a field of 59 artists who responded to the county’s “Call to Artists” invitation.