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The cherry is not broken.

A follow-up on Scott’s post — I thinkthe Walker’smost visible conservation effort this year is definitely Spoonbridge and Cherry.I’mcompletelyfascinated by the process so I’ve beendocumenting itfor the past week or so.

maintenance sign

Orange construction fencing was put up and the pond was drained. Where did the pond water go?

cherry and cranedrained pond

Then the surface of the sculpture was prepped for repainting.

cherry - scratcheddetail - cherry spoonCherry - gouged

Look at those gouges! The sculpture is made of aluminum and bondo, which is an epoxy. The artist used the bondo to create the contours of the spoon. After years of flowing water and environmental factors, some of the bondo had cracked and needed to be replaced. Hence the gouges!

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