Today was a big day. I have been working hard for months on the piece of art for the new addition of Providence Hospital, Hood River. The work was part of the "Youthful art of healing" program. For this piece, I worked with a class of tenth grade English students from The Dalles to identify positive metaphors regarding the human body.
The womans form is based on the famous painting called "the birth of Venus" by Bottacelli.
The work is made of 1/2 inch thick corian solid surface material. The overall work is made up of hundreds of small pieces glued together. The piece weighs 350 lbs and mountaing it to the wall was a real challenge. It is a real relief and pleasure to see it on the wall as part of the permanent art collection of the Hospital.
Special Thanks To:
Dave Adams OF Adams construction,
Micheal the corian master, Siv Lavell,
Norm, John, Clinton and Sarah @ Versatile Supply.
Joe T.
Jamie Guth and all the staff at Providence.
Scroll down to the previous post to see a few more production photos.
3 comments:
It's beautiful John. A wonderfully feminine form. Not you of course, the sculpture. I would have been very nervous trying to hang that piece. I am pleased that we did not get to see outrageously expensive pile of broken corian.
PS - John Ashcroft says thanks for covering her breast as this always makes him so uncomfortable. He remains in therapy and is making solid but slow progress with the issues surrounding his mother.
this is amazing... love the lines, curves, tones...
thank 4thBG for the link and let us know if you ever have anything going into an NC locale! Love to see some of this in person.
She is beautiful, John. Well done.
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