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Michi Kosage’s completed sculpture ‘‘A Flag Tower With Arbor
By Beth Coffey
Photo Editor
tower at the southern end of
Kosage’s sculpture.
The Mosaic walkway under the steel vine trellis, is
made up of miscellaneous odds and ends fit into
the cement.
Over the past year Clackan
Community College’s I I
vironmental Learning Cei
has gained student interest 11
support. Recently a ne I
aspect of the ELC has been ai I
ed, our developing an I I
vironmental Sculpture Gardt 1
The whole idea of a sculptA
garden was initiated three yej
ago as a possible solution to A
growing
abundance A
recyclable materials. A
Department Chairman, lA
Tipton, came up with A
thought, got together with 11
Kelley and Rick True, ba I
design instructor, and with tl
combined effort the three beg B
working toward a shared got B
As Rick True explains, 1 1
College pays nothing for thei B
tire project. Operating co A
have been paid for by $1,! I
earned from the sale of nai i
tiles that will be placed in thel B
garden, two $2,000 grants till
the Oregon Arts Commission B
6,000 grant from the Metro Si I
vice District and several privA
contributors. With exception A
the tools and steel used, "A
components utilized in the cA
struction
are
salvaA
materials,” and cost nothiA
says True. Money from A
donations went to help pay b B
sculptors, Michi Kosage 1B
Dick Pickering, to design s B
create the art work during tB
summer workshops.
Kosage, along with his B
students from PSU, began ph I
ning July 6, and building I
16 working everyday for s I
weeks until completed. A
finished product consists of B