sculpture – Page 4 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Masked Dinosaur and Flowering Pear on Freeport Road

At the red light when headed to the post office.

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, sculptureTags: dinosaur, flowering pear tree, mask, Pandemic, pear tree, photography, Post Office, postaday, red light photography, sculpture, Spring 4 Comments

St. Joseph Day Pastries

Yesterday, March 19th, was St.Joseph Day. My sister bought two special pastries at Pasticerria Rocco on Bleecker Street. On the left is Sfingi On the right is Zeppole, baked to honor the occasion. “St. Joseph’s Pastries or Zeppole di San Giuseppe are traditional cream filled pastries from Campagna region of Italy.” -Click for recipe from Italian Recipe Book.

From Rocco’s in New York City photographed by my sister

Nine years ago I photographed Carmela at La Tavola in Pittsburgh. These are all the breads she baked for St. Joseph Day. Here’s that post

The 24 foot tall St Joseph the Worker statue is still in a church parking lot in Homestead. Here’s that **story** from ten years ago. I revisited a couple weeks ago to see if he was still there. He is.

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Bleecker Street, bread, Italian pastry, La Tavola, New York City, Pasticceria Rocco, pastry, photography, postaday, sculpture, St. Joseph, zeppole 8 Comments

An Angel of Friendship Delivered on a Sunday

Sunday morning I was sipping coffee and knitting a sock and Steve said, “there’s a package for you.”

A surprise delivery.

I opened it up and there was an unexpected gift of a Willow Tree Angel of Friendship with a lovely message. ❤️ I have her where I can see her when I’m “working” in my former dining room, now transformed into a workshop space.

Thank you, Carrie.
A friend and fellow knitter I “met” through the Woolly Thistle Knitting Buddy Program during the Pandemic.

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: angel, Angel of Friendship, figurine, friend, friendship, gift, knitting, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sculpture, surprise, Susan Lordi, Willow Tree, Woolly Thistle, workshop 13 Comments

9/11 Memorial Guest Blog

My sister Mary photographed this
9/11 Symbol of Hope New York City

At the base is a 35 page metal book with the names inscribed of those who died 9/11

“….. is called ‘9/11 Cross, A Symbol of Hope’.This statute is located near St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church near the 9/11 memorial. This statute represents the wreckage of the twin towers forming a cross from the aftermath of 9/11. The original cross was moved in the 9/11 Museum. This cross was sculpted by Jon Krawczyk. Cardinal Egan picked him to sculpt the new cross. ”

World Trade Center Memorial Lights as seen from Mary’s apartment

And below is a photo of the 9/11 Memorial I photographed when we visited with the grandkids a few years ago.

September 6, 2020September 10, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: 9-11, guest blog, Jon Krawczyk, memorial, New York City, night photography, photography, postaday, sculpture, symbol of hope, World Trade Center 8 Comments

Stone Eagle

There’s an eagle statue standing guard by the parking lot at the East Liberty Post Office parking lot. He looks like he was once on a building. I tried to research his story but came up empty.

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 by Ruth Categories: sculptureTags: eagle, East Liberty, parking lot, photography, Post Office, postaday, sculpture, statue, symbol, USPS 8 Comments

Relook at Dancing at Bougival Sculpture

A reblog from June 12, 2014

Here is the delight of the day- (Stef!)

A monumental sculpture by J Seward Johnson has been at PPG Place for “about four days”, the guard said.

But don’t worry. The giant dancers will be in place until October.

Dancing at Bougival (painted in 1883 by Pierre A. Renoir ) is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Note: August 2020. This post inspired after seeing Pittsburgh Artist Jack Puglisi ‘s Pointillist work “The Dance” from his MASTERWORKS series – remembered I had photographed this sculpture in 2014.

August 7, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Art, Photography, sculptureTags: art, city, Dancing at Bougival, downtown, fountains, monumental sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, photography, Pierre A Renoir, Pittsburgh PA, PPG Place, public art, reflection, sculpture, Sculpture Foundation, self-portrait, Seward Johnson 7 Comments

The Sculpture of the Father of Organ Transplantation – Guest Blog

Memorial Tribute to Dr. Thomas E. Starzl at University of Pittsburgh
by Classic Artist and Sculptor Susan Wagner

On the University of Pittsburgh campus you can see this sculpture of Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, “father of organ transplantation”, seated on an iron memorial bench.

Someone added the mask! You can visit the sculpture on Pitt’s campus, by the Cathedral of Learning lawn.

Dr. Starzl’s bronze likeness was created by sculptor Susan Wagner and unveiled in June 2018 . The statue, sporting a mask during the COVID 19 Pandemic, was photographed by a friend of a friend and asks to remain anonymous.

Thanks for sharing this photo documenting our collective experience and reminding us of safety measures we can all practice.

“Wagner is best known locally for her three 12-foot-tall bronze statues of Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Bill Mazeroski at PNC Park and of the Gulf War Memorial at the 14th Quartermaster headquarters in Greensburg.” From article by Deb Eardley in TribLive

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Guest Blog, Photography, sculptureTags: artist, Cathedral of Learning, Dr.Thomas E. Starzl, guest blog, mask, memorial tribute, organ transplantation, Pandemic, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sculpture, Susan Wagner, University of Pittsburgh 5 Comments

Mazeroski in Moonlight After the Gala

You now how I like to photograph the Bill Mazeroski statue down by PNC Park and the Allegheny River. The statue captures the moment he ran into home plate , winning the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

My dad was at that game.

Tonight the moon was out. Steve and I were on our way home from the National Kidney Gala at Heinz Field. BTW the photo I donated went for a nice amount in the Silent Auction so that felt satisfying. Such a good organization. 80% of donations goes directly to the patients and their needs.The number of people with kidney disease is staggering. Attendees were incredibly generous especially when in a 10 minutes blitz they raised about $25,000.

Steve took this picture of me with Mill Firelight on the Mon.

March 8, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the CityTags: 1960 World Series, Bill Mazeroski, moonlight, National Kidney Gala, photography, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, postaday, sculpture, statue 4 Comments

Allegheny Cemetery Walk

Today was the day to get moving. The skies threatened rain so it would have been so easy to cancel and stay home. I even emailed to ask” is the walk happening rain or shine?” Turns out they are committed and walk in the rain.

I decided I’d better go walk after telling everyone I was going to take a walk through this historic Allegheny Cemetery sponsored and led by Fitness Instructor Nancy of the Stephen Foster Community (senior) Center.

Now there were two speed walkers who left the other four of us in the dust. Experienced walkers for sure. How I made it 3.5 miles is amazing. It’s happening again next Tuesday, too. Hmmmmmm

The Speed walkers like pinpoints as they pulled away from the pack.

There were three Fox dens you can see on this little hillside. The seasoned walkers have seen their heads peeking out of the holes.

Cemetery workers cleaning up all decor and wreaths as of March 1st.

My second unicyclist sighting in a week.

A poignant sculpture at a child’s grave

March 3, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Health and fitness, PhotographyTags: Allegheny Cemetery, Lawrenceville, photography, physical fitness, postaday, sculpture, Stephen Foster Community Center, unicycle, walk 7 Comments

Garden of Constants by Artist Barbara Grygutis

Seen last week when I was on Ohio, I was walking to the swim meet from the parking garage. And I did experienced exactly what the article quoted below says….”a fun surprise to stumble upon”

“The Garden of Constants at the Ohio State University is a fun surprise to stumble upon. The massive, colorful numbers bring a whimsical air to the lawn outside the engineering building. They’ve stood there since 1994… “ from atlasobscura.com the large numbers are sculpted from copper and bronze by artist Barbara Grygutis (click her name to see her other public art sculptures)

I will have to return to photograph these….

“…. you’ll find pavers containing mathematical and formulaic constants. The formulas reflect the electrical engineering and computer science activities and classes that take place within the surrounding buildings.“

March 1, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Art, sculptureTags: architecture, art, Barbra Grygutis, college campus, Columbus OH, Garden of Constants, math, numbers, Ohio State University, photography, postaday, public art, sculpture 5 Comments

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