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New Geysir (Nytt Geysir) 2007 Icelandic Birch 61 x 61 x 3 cm. |
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This
sculpture was conceived and created by its artists, Tryggvi
Thorleif Larum and myself
as a gift to the Icelandic Club of Greater Seattle. Its formal presentation
to the club occurred on October 3rd, 2007 at the Calvary Lutheran Church of
Seattle. First envisioned by the artists in 2006, to memorialize the bold
Icelandic immigrants to Washington State both past and present. The
artists were inspired by the club’s printed new geyser logo utilized on their
newsletter first used in 1969. Great symbolism was utilized by the
artists in choosing to first fashion this sculpture’s main body with four
shields and carved circular lace in the United States out of Washington state
cedar, by Icelandic - American Tryggvi Larum where upon it was shipped to Iceland to have the
five national symbols of Iceland made of Icelandic Arctic birch applied and
carved by Jón Adólf Steinólfsson. The sculpture was then returned to
America symbolizing the full circle of the Icelandic and American immigrant
experience. |
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