The Great Rainbow Trout

We went down today and installed the great big fish onto the reed structure. Thanks for all the Help from Durenda, Steve, Sam, Jeff, and Amy. It took all of us to move the great fish to its temporary home in front of the Rubinkam Gallery and Studio. With the pods installed, I estimate its weight around 250 lbs. Mid september will move the sculpt to Bridge Water Place in Grand Rapids, for Artprize 2010.

Rubinkam Gallery Commission - Trout Sculpture

It is done! It took a bit longer than originally thought, but I finished late last night. We delivered the sculpture this afternoon for the event tomorrow at the gallery. Holland Sentinel. I'll post up some pics tomorrow once the kids have installed the paint pods. Here are some pics of the fish getting prepped for the pods. Once all the pods have been installed we'll mount it to the reeds.

Rubinkam Trout Sculpture - Art Prize

Had a great weekend working on the fish. It's progressing nicely. The kids came into the garage and said, "Dad, that is one big fish. We can pretend we caught it!"

Rubinkam Gallery Commission - Trout Sculpture

Rubinkam Studio Commission - Trout Sculpture

Tonight I began the layout of a trout sculpture for Rubinkam Gallery in Douglas, MI. The colored pods (molds) are actually left over acrylic paint mixtures from gallery owner, Steve Rubinkam. These pods represent over 20 years of paintings. The pods will be bolted on with stainless steel bolts. The sculpture will be 3D, made from stainless steel, and will rest on a metal structure made up to look like underwater reeds, or seaweed. This will be a very fun build! I'll post more pictures of this build as I get further into it. The pictures above are preliminary layouts. The sculpture will measure 12' in length x 8' in height.

The sculpture will be able to be viewed on Saturday, June 19th, at Rubinkam Gallery in Douglas. I'm planning on using this sculpture for Artprize this year in Grand Rapids! I'm in the process of securing a venue right now. More later....