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Major Sculpture Moving, Summer 2000

Click here for a QuickTime video of a sculpture move created by Gretta Miller.

Tony standing on the Sphinx
Art conservator Tony Rajer

Zamora and the wrapped Fu DogTony spent a month with a group of his students and Steve Boyum in the humid Wisconsin heat. They cut trees and cleared brush from Sid's backyard sulpture jungle.

pouring the footing at Olbrich ParkThe moving methods were low-tech and not always pretty, but they doggedly succeeded in moving ten pieces to new locations in the neighborhood.

a night move at Lowell SchoolThey discovered pieces. They cataloged and then dug out more pieces, cleaned, repaired and painted them. They dug new footings and poured concrete.

neighbor brigade moves White Lantern
More moving.

the White Lantern goes down AtwoodAnd somehow, neighbors kept showing up in droves at critical times to lend a hand (and other heavy equipment).

the professionals move the Geometric
For the largest pieces, and the most fragile, we called in the professionals. Scott and his crew from Reynold's impressed everyone with their skill, ingenuity and teamwork.

Scott's crew gingerly lifts the Layered Pyramid


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