Parr Metal crane lift of “emptyful” Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program, May 11 2012

Leif Norman

Parr Metal manufactured

emptyful

Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program

and then it was lifted by crane on to a flat bed truck

so it could be driven the next morning down to the Millennium Library in downtown Winnipeg

http://www.parrmetal.com/

Parr Metal, Winnipeg
Empire Iron and Parr Metal, Winnipeg

 

 

There was a lot of this soda or grit or sand around. The Stainless steel was blasted to make a nice finish

 

emptyful in progress Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program

 

Empire Iron and Parr Metal, Winnipeg

 

 

emptyful in progress Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program. Nice sandblasted stainless steel surface

 

 

 

 

 

Cranes need lots of hooks and metal cable

 

 

"It's gonna look like this..." emptyful in progress Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program

 

 

 

 

 

emptyful in progress Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program

 

The Winnipeg Rail yards are right across the road. The Hump stops for no one.

 

emptyful in progress Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program

 

 

The crane lifted the huge heavy steel structure on to the flat bed truck

 

 

 

 

the upper parts of emptyful in progress Artist: Bill Pechet, 2012, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program