| Carvings for the new Kovler Gym at the Lab School, University of Chicago | ||
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Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor
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| Carvings for the new Kovler Gym at the Lab School, University of Chicago | ||
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Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor
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| I designed and carved 13 relief panels depicting high school athletes for the new gymnasium at the University of Chicago Laboratory School. Each panel measures 2' x 2' x 5" and weighs about 200 lbs. The building is located at 59th St. and Kimbark Ave., right on the Midway on the U. of C. Campus. I've also carved a large crest for the building, which is shown at the bottom of this page. | |
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Work in progress- on the left are the volleyball and lacrosse panels, with the outside moldings cut and the carving blocked out. On the right is my working drawing for the lacrosse panel, with annotations. Below are the completed volleyball and lacrosse carvings. The scenes are set in and around campus buildings. The boys and girls are in common gym classes, so they are shown playing together, and the carvings reflect the diversity of the student body. |
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| Last winter I carved a gargoyle for the University of Chicago, their first new carving of this type in 60 or 70 years. You can view the progress of that and another gargoyles- visit create.html. | ||
 The track runner installed- "a race well run" |
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These two photos above show the tennis player. The first shows the work in progress,
with the figure roughed out, and the next is the finished relief panel. Below are the baseball player and the fencers. You can now send free e-postcards of these student athletes from my postcard pages. |
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I've also created three Athlete Gargoyle Benches for the same building. Check
them out! I have other pages on this site showing work in progress and the creative process, and explaining how I carve stone:
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| For the South face of the building I carved this large crest featuring the Lab School Shield. | |||
This crest is carved from two blocks of stone, totaling 6'6" tall and 4'4" wide (2 m x 1.3 m). When finished it will weigh about 1600 lbs. (over 700k) |
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