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| glued and stained |
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| the original plank clusters |
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| My son-in-law Nii Addico helps with the installation |
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| the new wood in the first grouping |
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| all done! |
I contracted with Betty Anne Keller, cultural affairs, at the City of Waterloo, to restore the wooden elements of an outdoor sculpture called Laurel Creek. It consists of four groupings of steel and wood to represent the creek that flows under three blocks of Uptown Waterloo before re-emerging next to City Hall. The work by Nat McHaffie was installed in 1988 so the wooden planks were rotting.
I dismantled these and used each as a template to shape new planks in Accoya-treated pine, a total of 22 planks, 6-10 feet long. The new wood was planed from 2" down to 1.5" thickness, then the edges were shaped with a jigsaw, rasps, spoke shave and sanders. The sides were stained and the edges painted blue to match the original.
The planks were reinstalled on June 26th.
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