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Skip's Corner  11/29/2015

11/30/2015

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The Whale Project Juneau Alaska

THE WHALE  A life-scale bronze sculpture of a breaching humpback whale will rise from a circular pool of water. The whale is arched backwards, spiraling in a roll to its left. About half its body length - twenty feet or more -- rises above the surface of the pool. Inertia carries the right flipper skyward as a result of the spinning breach, its tip almost as high as the whale’s snout. The left flipper meanwhile slants seaward, its tip dragging the surface.
"Here’s an artist’s (Skye Stekoll of Juneau) version of the way the whale will appear on the Juneau waterfront, based on a photo of my 24 inch high bronze maquette (study model)."  Skip
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THE SITE
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The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly has contributed the land for the sculpture and fountain at a strategic site on the downtown waterfront, recognizing that in doing so it is releasing extremely valuable property. 

"This is a photo of the maquette on the large whale’s site with mountains of Douglas Island in background."  Skip
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​As was indicated in a previous release, the Whale Project is a work in progress.  It is scheduled to be complete sometime around July 4, 2016.  That, of course, depends on everyone cooperating.

That's It For Now

Skip &
​     assistant . . . harv


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Sharon
11/30/2015 11:28:35 am

Simply breath-taking. My words fail me!

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