Hi all, here is some picts and info on the fork sculpture which got installed at the beginning of may.

Stile di Famiglia (Family Style)

After being short listed for this sculpture call in the Towns Little Italy development in Omaha NE, we were asked to come up with proposals that were distinctly Italian and represented the feel for the neighborhood, which seemed very fun, friendly, and in some ways close to each other, much like a family. I kept coming back to the idea of a big Italian family sitting around a table eating dinner, everyone talking about their life or how their week went, laughing and enjoying the company.

Hi All, thought I'd post something in response to Janet's prod. Sorry for not posting more, I'm so behind in my projects and in a bit of a funk to boot. Bad combination. A few month ago i posted a maquette of a fork and spaghetti sculpture for Little Italy in Omaha, NE. The project is a 13' fork twirling spaghetti out of stainless steel. The design was created in conjunction with an engineer and was designed to make the best use of materials/budget. Here are some progress picts.

Hi all, Just found out today that two sculpture proposals were accepted for an RFP for a riverwalk up in Yankton, SD. Thought I'd post the proposals.

The Traveler

Hi all, thought I'd post a project from a bit earlier this summer which ended up being the toughest project I've worked on yet. Although I've never done a curved railing before, it was the logistics of the project that made it so difficult. First off, I came in late on the project, the steel worker on the job wasn't able to fabricate it, so I wasn't involved with the design process and all I had to go off of for a set of plans was a couple of photos from a magazine. At this point the rail had to be fabricated on site, had i been involved with the project from the get go, i think we could have figured out a way to build it in the shop and then crane it up, but it was too late for that. Second, the project was already 6weeks behind and the clients were living in a motel room bc their previous house had sold and they were chomping at the bit to move in. The job site was in one of the Penthouse Condos on top of a 14 story building requiring two elevators to get up to the site, one to the 12th floor and then another very small elevator(or stairway) to the 14th floor. This second elevator was too small for 8' materials and as slow as you can imagine, 30 feet per minute which seems like an eternity in a small stuffy box.

Hi All, I've been trying to respond to Crquack's thread on photo etching but none of my posts have gone through. I'm posting this to see if it will go through and find out if anyone else is having troubles posting.