The Triathlete

Wood Sculpture by Stefanie Rocknak

Attaching the Sculpture to the Backplates

(see the finished piece)

John Hyland checking out how he is going to cut the back of the biker arms and biker head (John is a professional carpenter from Oneonta, New York).

Checking his calculations.

Using a laser to get the angle right.

Initially, it looked like some of the birds would have to be cut off, but John and his wife (Susan Young) convinced me to alter the angle slightly. I'm glad that they did; I was so deliriously exhausted, I may have cut them in half.

Squealing, (well, not really), Susan and I ran outside to see Bambi.

The deer are more common than squirrels in Oneonta.

Building the slide that will be run through the saw. Once it was secured in the slide, the piece did not move.

Cutting the piece. The blade bent just a bit, but the excess was planed off.

Each sculpture was attached to it's back plate with lag bolts.