Monday, July 23, 2007
The first series of artwork has been installed on the former Chevron sign structure. The artSPOT project has hit the gound and is running!
The nest is a collaboration between Lai Orenduff and Bland Hoke. Lai was interested in recreating an osprey nest to place on the sign. Bland found a load of scrap metal and made a solid armature at Custom Iron Design. The nest was woven at the Center for the Arts, where Lai had arranged for storage of materials. On a Saturday morning, Jim Roscoe, with Roscoe Co. Construction, assisted Bland, Mark Dunstan and Terry Chambers with the installation of the nest. Jim drove a Gradall to the site, and the nest was placed on top of the structure and affixed with 6 1/2" bolts. 
The Barn Chicken image is a recreation of a photo using paint samples from hardware stores. Barn Chicken is a collaboration between Bland Hoke, Padgett Hoke and Jessica Lewicky. The color samples were requested from Colombia Paints, Wilson Hardware, True Value, and Ace hardware.