Be part of a new Whitehorse sculpture
Do those of you in the Yukon have any smaller bits of metal that perhaps have an interesting history behind them that you wouldn’t mind donating for an art sculpture? Here’s the deal:
“My name is Daphne Mennell and I have been recently awarded the commission for a metal sculpture for the new Public Safety Building at the top of Two Mile Hill in Whitehorse. It is of a life-size rearing horse. The flesh of the horse is to be made up of donated pieces of ferris metal from all Yukoners.
What will do? Metals that a fridge magnet would stick to or that commonly rust. These include steel, stainless steel, iron, cast iron, chrome or anything that has steel as an core. Do the magnet test. There is a limit on the size of the donated piece. It is 8” x 12” or approximately the size of normal letter writing paper. (If you have something bigger than this, and think it would be totally appropriate please contact me directly either by emailing me at daphne.mennell@gmail.com or phoning (867) 668-1047.
If you would like to be involved – include with your donation, your name, town, and contact info (in case I need to ask a question regarding it) as well as a little bit of the story behind your piece of metal. If you have any photos you want to include all the better. (ie: “ this is a side mirror off my ol’ Ford truck that brought me up here in 1971…….here you can see me sticking my head out of the window and there’s Fred my dog in the back.”) Whatever you want to say about it is great, and the more the better. Put all of this in a plastic bag or envelope and take it to Dinah Laing at the Parks & Recreation office on 4th Avenue. Each donation will be photographed, and the information catalogued. I am accepting donations up until the end of July, but the sooner you can get them in the easier it will make it to catalogue them all before they go onto the horse.
When it comes time to weld the horse together next summer, I hope to keep track of where each piece goes so that everyone can find their contribution if they want to. The stories will be compiled along with the photographs and hopefully make an interesting collection on their own. By having a bit of your history welded into a public art piece it will help the horse symbolize that in fact we all play a small part in the “making” of the Yukon.
Thank you for your help!“
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