April 12 was the 3rd day in a row dealing with cranes and heavy sculptures. It was just too much of a good thing - emphasis on "too much"
We started our journey crossing the Ohio River...
...and ended it on the White River.
It was about the best day of the year so far - warm and breezy. The site has an awesome view of downtown Indianapolis.
Meg's always looking for interesting "interactions" through the camera viewfinder...
Dereck Sheroan from JBB Inc. of Hardinsburg, KY had delivered the sculpture to the site on the old West Washington Street bridge. Here's a video that Meg took of it being unloaded and posted on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/Ql6dBNKjkmg
I re-rigged the piece to stand it up. There are 2 videos on YouTube that show it being stood up, Here's one:
https://youtu.be/wsK3m0BH5UE
... and here's the other:
https://youtu.be/Lw7aLlPFptM
Joe Denning (yellow shirt) of White River State Park helped with the installation. Here's a video of that:
https://youtu.be/1Pi9neU7GaU
We fussed with it until I was happy with the orientation.
I'm talking to Dale Enochs, a stone sculptor from Bloomington who had installed his sculpture on the bridge that morning. Joe's talking to a photographer from a local paper.
After the installation, Joe Denning took us for a ride in their electric carts to see the wall between the White River State Park and the Indianapolis Zoo. It's made of hundreds of monumental quarry blocks of Indiana Limestone.
Here's video of that:
https://youtu.be/SLX5g0peS2w
and here's a video of part of the sculptures along the bridge:
https://youtu.be/Jord0E_TGV4
Meg, Dereck and myself had a big meal and then made the 4 hour trek home. It was 3 very long and stressful days - and yes, I'm taking a long weekend off before I go back at it.
(all photos and videos Meg White)
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