My Work - A Corporate Commssion

The execution of a piece from concept to completion can be quite an involved process, requiring the services of other trades, engineers, subcontractors, etc. I try to maintain direct control of as much of the work as feasible.

The structural integrity and the safety of a piece are also important considerations. At the left is a shot of part of the stainless steel frame that we installed inside the hollow bronze portion of the sculpture. This was welded to the three stainless pins which held the bronze in the stone. We also had to hollow out the granite on this piece to reduce the weight on the floor and then we had to mount a plate in the bottom of the stone and epoxy a specially engineered earthquake restraint to the floor of the lobby due to the special code requirements in San Francisco.

The woven metal pieces, such as the top layer of "Ascending Spirals" shown at left, are hand wrought over a paper pattern and then mounted.

Gene Olson