At over 6 feet high and almost 2 feet across this sculpture of a plumb bob hangs from its 16 foot high steel frame in the sculpture garden. It is made of white portland cement and marble dust and weighs in at over 200lbs. The cement was slowly applied in separtate coats over a wire lathe framework which turned against a steel template until it achieved the designed profile. The final coat was smoothed and a clear sealer was applied.
Concrete footings were poured in the garden and steel sleeves were set 24" deep. The steel framework was assembled and set into the foundation sleeves. The plumb bob was then hung on the eye bolt with a galvanized steel cable and hook.
It seems to float, gently spinning when a breeze comes by and always remains at true vertical.