According to a blog at the Seattle P-I, Jonathan Borofsky’s “Hammering Man,” beloved art icon owned by the City of Seattle, and the logo-sake of this very blog, has had to have his arm removed for repairs.
The Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs has posted that they believe the sculpture will have his arm reattached and be back to hammering some time in January, once the drive mechanism has been rebuilt in Michigan.
For now, enjoy the welcome respite my friend and take a few thousand swings off. I will toast your speedy recovery over a large Thanksgiving dinner.
Links:
- The article from the SeattlePI “The Big Blog”
- The SeattlePI has a nice photo gallery of the recent operation
- The article from Seattle’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs “Art Beat”
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Now you can hear him sing at night:
If I had a hammer
I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening
All over this land
Love it, Marco! I saw a great documentary on Pete Seeger a while back. You got love a guy who lives by his principles so clearly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSWQfCkduu0