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Cabin Creek – by Deborah Butterfield.

 1999 / Bronze / 88 x 122.5 x 30.5 inches.

Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

My day trip: September 21, 2011.

Deborah Kay Butterfield (born May 7, 1949) is an American sculptor. She is known for her sculpture of horses made from found objects, like metal, and especially pieces of wood. She began crafting horses out of scrap metal and cast bronze in the early 1980s. She would sculpt a piece using wood and other materials fastened together with wire, then photograph the piece from all angles so as to be able to reassemble the piece in metal.

About Cabin Creek from Frederick Meijer website..
Deborah Butterfield’s work focuses on the spirit and form of the horse as an intelligent mare rather than as a war horse which is usually illustrated in art. Cabin Creek is the name of the location where Butterfield found a variety of materials for this sculpture. First, she assembled the found materials to form an image of a horse. Then each piece of wood was meticulously translated into bronze, patinated, then reassembled. Such a process allows Butterfield to create works appropriate for outdoor placement.

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Cabin Creek – by Deborah Butterfield

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Cabin Creek – by Deborah Butterfield

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