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Client: Department of Education, Ireland
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Completion date: 2002
Project Team
Artist
Linda Brunker
Linda Brunker
Bronze casting
Bronze Art Ltd
Bronze Art Ltd.
Overview
Sit in the Wishing hand and make a wish!
Here (just as in the mind of a child) anything is possible!
It was commissioned by the Department of Education for the plaza of their headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.
It is an interactive piece and a reminder of the role of educators in inspiring and nurturing children.
It is 3 m x 1.5m x 1.3 m and made from cast bronze and was installed in 2002.
Goals
It is an interactive piece and a reminder of the role of educators in inspiring and nurturing children.
Process
I carved this enormous hand with a chainsaw from a hugh bolck of styrofoam!
I finished the surface with wax. It was then cast in bronze.