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 Designed before the pandemic.

Designed before the pandemic.

Deemed essential business
Deemed essential business

Planning construction around COVID-19 challenges

Berkley the Assistant
Berkley the Assistant

Closely checks Milligan’s pattern for the fabricators

Patterns are complete
Patterns are complete

Delivered safely to fabricator with masks and gloved hands.

Joy ensues
Joy ensues

Such a lovely gesture from the children.

COVID-19
COVID-19

Neighborhood children “love bomb” the studio placing hearts everywhere to remind us of joy.

The patten work continues
The patten work continues

To cut Bronze sheet for horse heads

Designed by Alan Milligan in Janurary.
Designed by Alan Milligan in Janurary.

Fabricated by the studio during dark days.

36 pieces
36 pieces

The head is taped together, then adjusted.

While waiting for the bars to be bent
While waiting for the bars to be bent

The heads take shape.

The metal is first heated.
The metal is first heated.

Then worked while still warm.

  Outside the studio a blizzard.

Outside the studio a blizzard.

While we fashion horse heads....
While we fashion horse heads....

The bars have arrived.

More COVID-19 "love" bombing
More COVID-19 "love" bombing

More hearts today and drawings of the pups. We will never forget this project built in an extraordinary time.

 And now there are two.

And now there are two.

 And now there are three.

And now there are three.

The metal is heated
The metal is heated

Annealing the bronze skin

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Handcrafted bronze
Handcrafted bronze

More than 40 segments

Saturday night streets are deserted
Saturday night streets are deserted

But the studio is open

 The Cloud Horse begins to take shape.

The Cloud Horse begins to take shape.

 Welding the curves in place

Welding the curves in place

Trimming
Trimming

Thick steel cut to size

Careful measuring
Careful measuring

The feet are set in place in the studio

Complete but the state is in lockdown.
Complete but the state is in lockdown.

In the darkness it awaits safe passage.

Next spring it will be surrounded by native grass and wildflowers
Next spring it will be surrounded by native grass and wildflowers
Happy to see Cloud Horse finally installed.
Happy to see Cloud Horse finally installed.

By this lovely crew.

 Months after riots and a pandemic, the sculpture is finally in place.

Months after riots and a pandemic, the sculpture is finally in place.