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The building of Caldwell High School's
Cougar Mascot,
Caldwell, ID
Mr. Ivak Cooper and his Metal
Welding Classes under the direction of sculptor,
Bernie Jestrabek-Hart (see her web site at
www.sculptures-by-bjh.com )
have been building a cougar, the school's mascot. He and
all of the students in all of his classes have worked on this
piece at least once. Several of the students have
worked on it a lot of hours.
This will be mounted on a metal
"rock" which will make the|
cougar a bit above our eye in height. The projected
completion date for the cougar is June 11 and of
the rock by the first of September.
The beginning of the making of this
sculpture starts at the bottom
of this page and progresses to the where we are
at this time.
Therefore, the top is the latest to date.
Click here if you want
to start at day one.
Click on each picture to see them large. You are welcomed to right-click
and save the pictures and/or print them if you like.
Week Five - May 24 thru 28, 2010
May 26
We are putting the "life" in it by putting the movement in the
position that is
will be in. I am finally like the head!
May 25
Wonderful texture on the tail. When cougar is complete
it will be textured
similar all over the body.
May 24
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Still working on the head but it is really close! We were also working all
over
the body welding all the cuts and making sure everything is in proportion.
Week Four - May 17 thru 21, 2010
May 21
Still trying to get the head the correct size.
May 20
It is beginning to look like a cougar. The head is still too
small!
ay 18
The 5th try seems to be a cougar!..! Well ...
sort of.
Too bad it is too small.
May 17
While students worked on the body Bernie tried to work |
on
the head. She had a real time trying to "see" the head.
She first
came up with a Pit Bull or Dalmatian dog head.
After 4 different heads
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Week Three - May 10 thru 14,
2010
May 14
Working at getting the head correct. What a task!
It is easy to see it is not right. It is hard to figure out
what will make it correct.
May 11
   
 
 
What a funny dog? head?
May 10
  
  
What a funny head. Also still working on the body.
Week Two - May 3 thru 7, 2010
May 7
May 5th
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May 4
Here we were beating out the back from the inside.
May 3
The first actual week started with shaping the body and also
still working one the head.
DAY
ONE April 30, 2010
On Day one we started with the head and had a lesson on how to
shape items. We ordered the material needed to make the body.
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