From:
Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>
Date:
Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:22:42 -0500
Subject:
base for sculptures
A few weeks ago a sculpture of a pioneer woman here in Bethesda town
began to fall over. Turns out that some 20 of these sculptures were
made many years ago (poured, I believe, from a granite-looking
substance) and planted around the country. All of these ladies face
west like the pioneers did, except this one. She began to lean to the
left (a bad thing to do in the DC area nowadays) and was promptly
removed. At 17 tons the ground had apparently begun to shift under her
feet (I know the feeling). All this too ask, how do stone sculptors,
many of whom aren't civil engineers, determine just how much
base/foundation is necessary to keep things upright, both at the studio
and at the eventual destination?
Norman Watts, Ph. D.
National Institutes of Health
50 South Drive, Rm. 1509
Bethesda, MD 20892-8025
Phone: (301) 402-3418
Fax: (301) 480-7629
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