Landmark I, II, III are installed at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts where Boston Sculptors Gallery is exhibition its outdoor group show from May through October 2015. Twenty-foot tall sight-specific spires celebrate the textures of New England with century old barn board, New England raw wool, field stone wall, and even reclaimed horse hair from cello and violin bows. From sketch to onsite assembly the following images demonstrate the process from start to finish. Hover over the image for more information.

first sketches

spire sketch

At the welders, after months of design with an architect to make sure it was safe

weaving steel wool. Interns earning school cedit have helped along the way. This "wool" will rust and change over the seasons.

The beautiful barn of Peg Holcomb, where we took the century old siding off for a much needed facelift

Dunan Herman-Parks painting a wonderful mixture of lanolin and wax to help ward off rust on the frame. This is used by farmers for their machinery

Tim Holcomb pulling boards off. The money from the studio used to buy the boards will help pay for new boards to take the beautiful barn into the next 100 years

I got used to a ladder as you will see

pulling beautiful square head rusty nails out of the boards

we got to set up a frame inside and took design ideas from the existing boards on the barn

Horse harness from Vermont, cleaned with TLC and lanolin

finally arrival day. Many thanks to Andrew Milliken

preparing on the ground before they stand up

The spires are anchored with a magnificent earth anchor four of them per spire, four feet long.

Dry stone mason, Kevin Donegan came down from Vermont to help. we had a glorious falling-down stone wall surrounding the field to gather our design ideas.

best laid plans...I wove these reclaimed children's cello and violin bow strings in the studio, all to be taken out again and woven while on a ladder

Last day and final touches. Charles Milliken provided stellar support to his tired Mom. Here he is inside Landmark I about to crawl out and attach the last boards.