Hoorah! Its the 100th blog of 2008, and just in time too, with only a few hours left to get it published. What better way to finish off the year than with more pictures from Chicago? After our morning and afternoon at the Art Institute, we took a walk through Millennium Park, and came across this gigantic silver jelly bean. It's actually
Cloud Gate by Anish Kipoor, which was built in 2006. Not only is it 220,000 pounds of mercury-inspired art work, but its also the outlet to thousands of tourist snapshots every day. Yes, we contributed many shutter clicks to the pile while we passed by.
I did a little bit of research on this chunk of art and came across an article on how it was built. Its pretty interesting. Its actually made up of several separate stainless steel plates, which have been welded together and polished in such away that you can't see any seams. The original plan was to have it built in California and then ship it through the panama canal, around the St. Lawrence sea way and down to the bottom of Lake Michigan, but the price and risk of shipping proved to great. Surprise surprise. Instead, they brought all the
materials to the park in Chicago and assembled it on-site. The artist demanded that no public eye see the work until it was complete, so they made a giant tent to cover the bean. Crazy.
Hoorah! Its the 100th blog of 2008, and just in time too, with only a few hours left to get it published. What better way to finish off the year than with more pictures from Chicago? After our morning and afternoon at the Art Institute, we took a walk through Millennium Park, and came across this gigantic silver jelly bean. It's actually Cloud Gate by Anish Kipoor, which was built in 2006. Not only is it 220,000 pounds of mercury-inspired art work, but its also the outlet to thousands of tourist snapshots every day. Yes, we contributed many shutter clicks to the pile while we passed by.
I did a little bit of research on this chunk of art and came across an article on how it was built. Its pretty interesting. Its actually made up of several separate stainless steel plates, which have been welded together and polished in such away that you can't see any seams. The original plan was to have it built in California and then ship it through the panama canal, around the St. Lawrence sea way and down to the bottom of Lake Michigan, but the price and risk of shipping proved to great. Surprise surprise. Instead, they brought all the 
materials to the park in Chicago and assembled it on-site. The artist demanded that no public eye see the work until it was complete, so they made a giant tent to cover the bean. Crazy.
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that "thing" makes for some pretty cool pictures.. we need to go down to Chicago to check it out. :) Ps.. Zoe is such a doll!
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