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4:21pm, September 15, 2003
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By Associated Press, 9/15/2003
CINCINNATI -- Sudsie should be the cleanest pig in Cincinnati.
The sculpture of a winged pig, weighing more than 7,000 pounds, was carved out of the equivalent of 26,666 bars of Ivory soap.
"People say it's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it," said artist Bev Kirk, who worked with three other people to carve the pig for the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
The chamber commissioned the sculpture for display outside the International Economic Development Conference in Cincinnati this week.
Sudsie was sculpted out of a 5-foot-by-5-foot-by-6-foot bar of Ivory soap and intended to honor the soapmaking and pork business history of Cincinnati. Ivory is made by Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble.
Kirk worked on the sculpture for three days with her daughter Andrea Ziemak, friend Richard Whitehead and art instructor Frederic Bonin Pissarro, the great-grandson of painter Camille Pissarro.
The artists used a variety of instruments, including an edger, a spade, stainless steel wires used for slicing hunks of cheese, heavy-duty ice cream scoops, melon ballers, putty knives and bottle openers.
Kirk said she enjoyed watching people do a double-take at the sculpture. "I just love the reactions from people," said Kirk. "It's really interactive art." |
