Welcome to the Peace Crane
Work in Progress Website.
Follow along as sculptor Harry Whitehorse creates a unique Sandhill crane sculpture for the Watertown High School International Peace Garden.
The sculpture, commissioned in memory of Watertown High School Gifted and Talented teacher Amy Syth, is to be permanently installed near the south end of the Peace Garden.
Peace Crane Dedication
June 6, 2004
Max Whitehorse, Harry Whitehorse, and the
Syth family.
January 24, 2004:
After creating the head, Harry temporarily attaches it to the body. In the coming days, he will detail the feathers on the body and head.
January
28, 2004:
With the body and neck roughed in, Harry creates a mock-up of the crane's
head.
January 16, 2004
Harry pounds the body into shape.
He chalks the pattern on the steel
Cutting the steel with a shear.
Fitting the piece.
January 15, 2004:
Watertown High School teacher Mr. Jacobson shows Harry the International Peace Garden and the area where the Peace Crane is to be installed.
January 14, 2004:
Harry welds the metal pieces together. Harry and his grandson, Max, grind the welds away.
January 12, 2004
The Beginning
The sheet of steel that Harry will transform by cutting, pounding, welding, and grinding into into a life size crane sculpture.
Harry tapes the submission sketches onto the wall
of his studio for use as a reference.
Harry and his grandson, Max Whitehorse,
hammer small pieces of the steel.