Have a seat

 Those visiting the sculpture will not only be able to look, but they will be able to have a seat. The bench is ready. We have had the bench that the sculpture will sit on for quite some time. We needed it to be able to design around it. Though the bench is wood now, it will be a bronze bench in the end. Wood benches often can't hold a bronze sculpture's weight without reinforcing and don't last as long as bronze. We will make a mold of this wooden bench and turn it into bronze. You will learn about that later, but for now, we must protect it so that it can withstand the process of mold-making later and also that the clay will not stick to the bench. So my intern stained, sealed, and wrapped it in saran wrap to protect it.  

Teachers and Students

I know our bench is important, but then I wondered, what are the most famous chairs in history?  I'm very curious by nature, and found a blog post about famous chairs.  I have had fun with chairs over the years. Here are some of mine. 

• Booker T. Larger than life Chair. I wrote an article  about this.  Does a chair have a personality? 
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  The rocking chair in my sculpture at Dallas Baptist University was actually the deans chair. He spent many days praying on that rocking chair. My favorite view is one no one will ever see. It is without the back of the chair. 
• Then of course there is the Mad Hatter Chair. Have you seen it? There are lots of hidden messages in that chair. 
  I created the hatter chair with many different references. I love creating a chair out of my head.  We also made it using digital technology. Here is a video from the cnc company that helped make the hatter's chair. 
• let's not forget Alice's chair. Hiding things in that chair was so much fun, and I love sitting next to Alice.