Construction of The Politician: A Toy 1995-1997

Lawless with Joe Phral, Chairman of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Dept., Case Western Reserve University, goes over some of the mechanical
problems encountered while constructing the sculpture.




 

The tail being constructed at Hooven-Allison plant in southern Ohio, July 1995.





 
 

Detail of handle being glued together in artist's studio.




 The belly/hands cut and bolted together with the artist.





Head section and bowtie in studio.Mouth mechanism in the studio.





City of Cleveland officials visit Lawless' studio. Ned Reich in center and Gary
Neubacher on right from the City of Cleveland Planning Commission.




The tail is fabricated.  Polypropolene rope around an armature of an I-beam
and steel squares.




The handle and bowtie are lifted into place, December 4, 1995.




GENESIS OF THE POLITICIAN AND PROTEGE