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Walter S. Arnold Sculptor & Stone Carver Chicago, USA |
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U. of C. Laboratory High School Kovler Gymnasium gargoyle benches: I have carved 3 limestone benches to go in the hallway of this new gym. Each bench has two athletic gargoyles as legs, supporting a six foot stone seat. |
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 Baseball and Golf |
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 I made small models before carving some of the figures. This model for the tennis player. is available in my Gargoyle Store. |
 The tennis player during the carving process. |
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| The sports represented are tennis, baseball, golf, track running, soccer and weightlifting. | |||
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| Installation of this first bench took place in Dec. 2001. The students watched and pronounced it "cool". The remaining two were installed in Oct. 2002. | |||
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weightlifter is bench pressing a carved stone dumbbell. It was an interesting
challenge to carve an upside down face grimacing with the strain of the weights.
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 The
ends of the seat are carved with gothic flowers and grotesque faces.
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| You can see more of my carvings for this building
on my Lab School Sports Panel page. I created 13
relief carvings of student athletes and a 6'6" tall shield, all installed
on the exterior of the gym. |
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