Crunch Time!

Been working away on the big relief while managing the casting of the big fella. Things are coming along great. Here is a detail shot of one of the 11 figures in the relief.








It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used,and then walk away and smile at it. 

UI announces Kinnick ceremony

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
UI announces Kinnick ceremony
The official rededication of the newly renovated Kinnick Stadium has been set for 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, the day before the Hawkeyes’ season-opening game against Montana.The rededication ceremonies will start at 4 p.m. at the new Krause Family Plaza on the stadium’s south side along Melrose Avenue, according to an announcement in a national I-Club newsletter.Hawkeye broadcaster Gary Dolphin will preside over the ceremonies. The highlight will be the unveiling of the 12-foot-tall bronze statue of Nile Kinnick. The statue has been a bit controversial as it depicts Kinnick as a student in street clothes rather than the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback.Also appearing will be a “slate of distinguished speakers,” although the newsletter did not list any names.

Kinnick relief

The relief is coming along well and it gets more and more dynamic with each passing day.


Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 

The "New Addition"

 

A "Vermonter"?

I was pokin 'round the studio the other day and stumbled upon a piece that I did maybe in 96'.......always struck me as prototypical "Vermonter"...being from Philly I dont know if I am qualified to make that judgement....your call...
Regards, LJN

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.-- Abraham Joshua Heschel 1907-1972 

Iowa Press-Citizen

http://press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/NEWS01/606010324&SearchID=73246426619911

An article in todays Press-Citizen updates the progress of the piece and also the debut of photographer Heather L. Wileys work!



It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier.-- Thomas Robert Gaines