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participant : Roger F. B.
received : 17th of April 1991
media : bronze and craftsmanship

The Foundry. There is something so majestic, so awe inspiring about pouring molten metal.

Roger was my professor, my mentor, and my friend. Though I was a graphic design student, my heart belonged to sculpture. Roger, Cecilia , Dan , and the other sculptors at my college where like a second family to me. I spent much of my free tyme in the sculpture studio in Urbana, even after I was no longer technically a student of that discipline.

Roger was very supportive of both my artistic and personal endeavours. His counsel helped me to keep perspective in life. Roger is a sculptor. His caring and craftsmanship shows in all the work done in our sculpture studio.

I was wholly impressed with the puzzle portrait Roger contributed to the project. The weight of the media adds a depth to piece. On the front Roger has written a cursive a, b, and c. At the tyme Roger told me that this symbolized his role as a teacher.

I gave puzzle pieces for this project to ten of my most esteemed professors. I feel it to be strange that in the past decade half of those individuals have not completed their portraits. I suppose I had been expecting more from my mentors than I had from my peers. The work of the mentors who had found the tyme and inspiration to contribute to this project has been incredible. The puzzle pieces from my professors are very dear to me.

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