Completion

The dedication ceremony was last October. 
Now Spring is here.


Here is the final documentation, 
covering the installation and completion 
of this charmed commission.

Templates are made for bolt placement.

Mid July, the truck is loaded (thanks Jimmy) and the crew is ready for departure.

We arrive, Dave sites the work and then hands over the installation to John.



The "forms" for concrete go in. End of day 1.





After admiring the bolts, the templates with bolts are installed.

John walks on concrete.

End of day 2.

Installing the sculptures.

End of day 3.

Workers give it a good look, Marie brings us lunch, and the gravel is delivered.

By early afternoon, Johns work is done.
I smooth the gravel for photography.
Then the joy of seeing it with changing light begins.

Late afternoon.

Early dusk.

After sunset.

Early evening and sunrise.










3 months later, after 3 "Sunset Maples" are installed,
the dedication ceremony is held.

My parents make the big journey and are very proud.
Then, unexpectedly, a class of art students arrive and settle in.
This is who it is for.
Completion.

Winter

I would not have dared hope for such a winter.

Snow upon snow.
First accumulation, then subtraction.

An ever-changing play of
geometry, snow, and light. 

November 17

December 14

December 27

January 12

January 25

January 27

January 29

January 31

February 3

February 9

February 15

February 17

February 18

February 27

March 3

March 11

March 12

March 15

March 17 am

March 17 pm

March 18

The last of the snow was gone.

The next post, sometime after June, will document 

the installation and completion of this project.

Fabrication

In 2009 a competition was organized by the Ohio Arts Commission for an outdoor sculpture installation at Kent State University's Trumbull Campus. I proposed a sculptural seating ensemble, based on inverted polished stainless steel tetrahedrons. Below are 2 images used in the proposal.

Artist (Ellen Moon) rendering of the Proposal

Photo-montage of the Proposal

The Proposal was selected in May, 2010.
It is due to be installed June, 2011.
Below is documentation of the work in progress.

The material finally arrives!

Grinder Boy reports for duty

He works very carefully

And hard

His mascot (Photo: Nick Jacobs)

First parts appear
(interior bracing for stools)

Interior bracing for tables

First forms appear (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Polished edges (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Polishing a side (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Abstract shot #1 (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Abstract shot #2

Abstract shot #3 (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Abstract shot #4

Pile up #1 (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Pile up #2

Pile up #3

Looking like an artist (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Moving fast (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Moving them out (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Posing (Photo Nick Jacobs)

Arranging

Completion

The fabrication was completed in time for winter. I hoped for enough snow to at least occasionally set off the geometry.