Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT has commissioned a 10 ft. carving of a Mink standing on a Possum standing on a Squirrel. They had a big Oak split in two from the storms this fall and left a stump in the ground for a carving. I submitted several designs and they decided on this one.
The location is great for exposure – A main road with a stop light! Here are some pics of the mink. Live action shots were taken by Chris Noll, the soft spoken, talented P.R. person from the school.
A reporter from the Hartford Courant stopped by and my picture with a caption was in the paper the next day!
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Outstanding work! How cool to make beautiful art from a broken tree.
Loved seeing this in progress this weekend. It may need explaining that these three animals are the names of the school’s three intramural teams, using the three initials of the school’s names obviously. Go Squirrels!
Gee, Alden, do you really think when the institution is called “Miss Porter’s School,” the mink/possum/squirrel mascots need “explaining”?
I’m an MPS Ancient, a possum as it happens (we were all assigned to be one or the other), and I find this charming. Looking forward to the finished sculpture.
It’s nice to see something beautiful come out of that storm.