Gravitational Pull - Jones House - Boone, North Carolina
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N 36° 13.103 W 081° 40.973
17S E 438623 N 4008386
This sculpture was installed on the lawn of the Jones House Community Center. It is the work of nationally known sculptor Wayne Trapp.
Waymark Code: WM3YGA
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2008
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Information below from a newspaper article in the Mountaintimes:http://mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2007/1213/trapp.php3
With the able help of town crews, the 16-foot high structure was installed by both crane and sheer manpower on the freezing cold morning of Dec. 7.
Originally a rusted steel, the sculpture was prepared for its tenure at the Jones House by being sandblasted and powder-coated a bright, striking red gloss.
It was carefully hauled in by the artist and a helper on a trailer pulled by a modest mini-van. Straps were wrapped around the main trunk-line of the piece, and then these were hooked to a crane. It was hoisted by crane up over the hillside until it was near the concrete sculpture pad. Then town crewmen, Trapp and his helper all joined together to push it upright. Finally, the brass pendulum was hung from the uppermost point, hence the naming of the piece.
Since the late 1980s, the Watauga Arts Council has displayed a new piece of outdoor sculpture each year on the pad located on the front lawn of the Jones House Community Center. This annual program is designed to give regional sculptors an opportunity to display a large-scale work in a local setting and to create an atmosphere and opportunity for area artists to show their work celebrating and sharing their diverse visions and talent with friends, neighbors and visitors to our area. By providing a place to exhibit, the arts council hopes to encourage and develop existing and potential arts activity in the community. The Watauga County Arts Council sponsors this program in keeping with its mission, which is “to sponsor and encourage cultural and educational activities in the creative and performing arts in Watauga County and its surrounding areas.”
In 1999, the arts council’s board of directors agreed to rename these annual sculpture exhibitions in memory of a local sculptor, Sherry Ann Edwards, who had made significant contributions to the advancement of sculpture in the region and even nationally.
Title: Gravitational Pull
Artist: Wayne Trapp
Media (materials) used: metals
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Jones House
Date of creation or placement: December 7, 2007
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