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Riversite Bears
Installation October 7th, 2006

Waukesha Freeman Front Page Article
A three bear diorama - (bronze) "Life lessons"  is a mother bear showing her cubs how to forage under rocks along the river.

Commissioned as an anniversary commemoration and it is to be installed along the riverwalk in downtown Waukesha in summer of 2006.  The site is just south of Dreyfus Plaza and the Bryant Bridge.
 
 
 
 
To the right are:
Top: The site along the river 
Middle: A clay mock up of the bears
Bottom: a computer generated transposition of the two pictures 

 

Cubs
Cub maquettes in bronze
Site
Clay mock up
Computer mock up
Enlargements
The rough enlargements of the bears at the foundry in Kalispell.
Bear in studio
The standing cub in John's studio in Ixonia, WI receiving the details.