On the home stretch

On the home stretch

I have dismantled the two wooden models to make more room in the workshop for finishing and cleaning. Next stage filling both figures with stone. Groundwork will commence on-site at Barrington’s Pier in mid-July. The schudeled date for lifting the two figures by...
Getting there…

Getting there…

Quite a lot of progress has been made in recent months.I am now starting to transfer the ‘bent’ body components from the two wooden maquettes over onto the skeletal figures… very, very challenging. Knut is making the seat in his workshop and dealing...
Welding the skeletons

Welding the skeletons

The welding of the two skeletal figures is now complete apart from some general cleaning/grinding of joints and attaching the base plates to the feet. I had the very challenging job of measuring/marking out the many compound joints, cutting them, assembling them and...
Preparing the skeletal figures

Preparing the skeletal figures

Thursday 10th September:  I am here working in the workshop of AK Engineering in Rhode. Alan has very kindly allocated  a small  section of his workshop complete with a bench where I am marking out the compound (complex) angles for each of the skeletal members. I have...
Post COVID-19 Cocooning

Post COVID-19 Cocooning

Today, Tuesday 8th September, I had a virtual meeting with the Concern Team who are coordinating the Finucane Memorial via ZOOM. We discussed progress to date and generally how the project is progressing since recommencing after the cocooning period. Above you will...
Workshop

Workshop

In this section, we will keep you up-to-date on the actual manufacturing process of the project. Knut and I have divided up the different elements of the work that we will each undertake in our respective...