Tag: sculpture
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Student redefines ‘heavy metal’ with welding project
A larger-than-life guitar sculpture is being praised for its artistry, quality craftsmanship and considered for display in downtown Monument. Measuring 7 feet tall and weighing about 150 pounds, the intricately detailed sculpture is a symbol of immense, versatile sounds produced by today’s top guitar virtuosos. What’s more, its creator — artist and musician Kayla McKenzie…
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Cripple Creek Ice Festival will transform busy street into a frozen art gallery
Some art endures for centuries, seemingly frozen in time. Then there is the art at Cripple Creek Ice Festival: actually frozen, but only for a few days. When your medium is a 300-pound block of ice, time is not on your side. And neither is the sun. But the six professional carving teams traveling to…
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Brick by brick: Denver museum exhibit features larger than life Lego sculptures
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To see the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s newest big animals on display, visitors don’t need to roam their expansive Wildlife Halls. Rather, artist Sean Kenney has dozens of animal sculptures up for viewing — all made entirely of Lego bricks – 1.5 million Lego bricks to be exact. Kenney’s exhibition, “Brick Planet: A…
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LIFE | Colorado Ice Works
The Englewood-based company Colorado Ice Works creates and supplies ice sculptures and craft ice across Colorado. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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LIFE | Colorado artist installs 2,000 windmills near UCCS
“The Windmill Project,” a wind-powered sculpture by artist Patrick Marold, was recently installed south of Pulpit Rock on the UCCS campus in Colorado Springs. The sculpture features 2,000 8-feet tall posts with wind-activated components with small generators to power LED lights. (Video by Skyler Ballard & Joshua Dorado)
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VIDEO | Olympus Within
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum installed a new bronze entryway sculpture, ‘Olympus Within’, Wednesday.. (Video by Jerilee Bennett)