“Quilmiakin”
“Quilmiakin”
“Quilmiakin” public art project for Wenatchee, Washington’s Native People’s Project. The completed sculpture will have Wenatchi Chief John Harmelt on horseback, and be installed in Memorial Park sometime in 2024 (the rider will be fabricated next, the horse is complete now).
welded steel, found objects, life sized – 2023
The horseshoes around the eyes are the actual horseshoes from his horse, recovered by a family who lived on the land where the Chief died in 1937, and donated to this project.