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S MOKE S IGNALS
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
Statue to be in front of Governance Center
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Holmes — traveled to Portland’s
Form 3-D Foundry on Thursday,
Jan. 10, to pose for 3-D body scan-
ning and digital remodeling for the
bronze memorial “Visionaries.”
The memorial is the brainchild
of Tribal Council member, Elder
and artist Steve Bobb Sr., who
unveiled his preliminary design at
the Tribe’s 35th Restoration Cel-
ebration held at Spirit Mountain
Casino in November.
“Cheryle (Kennedy) and I talked
about it on several occasions,” Bobb
said. “At the time I kind of filed
it away as a ‘future project,’ but
now that they have all walked on I
thought, ‘Why don’t we do a sculp-
ture of them?’ I thought it would be
nice to have their kids stand in for
their parents.”
Provost and Kimsey walked on
in 2018 and Holmes walked on in
2004.
The life-sized bronze statue of the
three Restoration leaders will take
approximately four to six
months to complete, and
will be located in front of the
Tribal Governance Center.
There will be a community
event and giveaways tenta-
tively planned for later in
the year.
“They will be standing
and looking at all they
created,” Bobb said. “Now
that’s pretty cool.”
It will not be Bobb’s fi rst
creation to be placed on the
Tribal campus. The Viet-
nam War veteran began
sculpting in the 1990s and
took his fi rst professional
class to delve into that ar-
tistic medium. He created
the West Valley Veterans
Memorial, which features a
man and woman dressed in
traditional regalia reaching toward
the sky surrounded by four black
pillars represent the four branches
of the armed forces – Marine Corps,
Army, Navy and Air Force.
The bronze sculpture was ded-
Photos by Timothy J. Gonzalez
Sculptor Libby Carruth adjusts the hat of Duke Kimsey, Marvin Kimsey’s son,
before a 3-D scanning session at Form 3-D Foundry in Portland on Thursday,
Jan. 10. Duke, along with Jackie Many Hides and Jim Holmes, acted as stand-
ins for their parents, Margaret Provost and Merle Holmes. The scanning was
the fi rst step in the creation of a statue honoring their Restoration eff orts.
The statue will be installed in front of the Governance Center.
The current rendering of the
“Visionaries” statue after the
children of Margaret Provost,
Merle Holmes and Marvin Kimsey
were used as stand-ins in mid-
January for their parents.
Contributed photo
icated in May 2003. The original,
smaller version of the sculpture is
located in the foyer of Bobb’s house.
Form 3-D Foundry is a sculptural
fabrication business that pairs tech-
nology with classic studio methods,
Tribal Council member and artist Steve Bobb Sr. shakes hand with Chad Scott,
head of the 3-D Scanning Department, as sculptor Libby Carruth fi nishes
measuring before a 3-D scanning session at Form 3-D Foundry in Portland on
Thursday, Jan. 10.
an approach that saves time, ac-
cording to Art Director Steve Christ-
man. Technicians use a variety of
cameras, photogrammetry and 3-D
scanning, and processing software
to create detail in their art.
This is the fi rst time the Tribe
has worked with the business. Bobb
and Christman first became ac-
quainted through their association
with Parks Bronze in Enterprise,
Ore., which will create the final
version of the sculpture.
“In this case, we are doing 3-D
scans and digitally remaking this
under Steve’s direction,” Christman
said. “We do a lot of live scanning
so this is right in our wheelhouse.”
Bobb said Holmes, Kimsey and
Provost will be honored with the
sculpture because they supported
Restoration from the beginning.
“There were lots of contributors
and helpers along the way, but
these are the three who really
stepped up and said, ‘Let’s do this,’
and then saw it through all of the
struggles,” he said.
After the scanning is complete, it
will formed into a foam model and
then covered with a thin layer of
clay. Final casting will be complet-
ed at Parks Bronze.
“I think this is an honor,” Many
Hides said. “The goals they advo-
cated for, education, housing and
health care, took a lot of work.
Those needs are still there. I be-
lieve in a lot of the same things my
mother fought for and believed in.”
Jim Holmes said when he thinks
of how successful the Tribe has be-
come, he remembers how hard his
father worked.
“They wanted basic needs met
for the people,” he said. “I was very
thankful when Steve approached
me with this concept. I am more
than happy to step in.”
Duke Kimsey described it as a
“proud moment.”
“I think this is pretty cool, but my
dad would probably go, ‘Bah, hum-
bug!’” he said with a smile. “But I am
sure he would also be very proud.” n
Jim Holmes, center right, Merle Holmes’ son, goes through the 3-D scanning
process at Form 3-D Foundry in Portland on Thursday, Jan. 10.