A Kansas City artist wanted a new direction. It led to a giant sunflower in Prairie Village

When artist Amie Jacobsen finishes one of her latest projects, visitors to Meadowbrook Park in Prairie Village, Kansas, will be greeted by a massive sunflower made of glass and steel that will glow during the day and be lit at night.
For most of her professional career, Amie Jacobsen was a graphic designer, painter and children’s book illustrator. Then, about seven years ago, she decided to take up welding.

"From the time I was a little kid," she said, "all I thought was, you know, I was gonna be an artist."