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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • ARTIST STATEMENT
  • SCULPTURES
    • 1798 North Square View
    • North End Story Map
    • Fantastical Historical Nautical Instrument
    • What We Brought With Us
  • BLOG

Alice Brown’s North End Alleys feature, Boston Magazine

On the heels of her "12 Days of Alleys for Christmas" thread, Alice Brown of Boston Harbor Now, the @FerryFaerie , has a piece in @BostonMagazine called "Your Guide to... read more →
  • January 28, 2021
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  • Map, North Square, Sculpture

North End Story Vault App Development

We're very lucky to be working with the extraordinary Luke Hollis and the team at Archimedes Digital, based in Cambridge. These talented digital nomads have created a prototype North End... read more →
  • November 13, 2019
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  • Map, North Square, People, Story Vault

Foundry Work 2

In every way this project has been a team effort. We have had the privilege of working with not just one but two exceptional foundries to create the bronze sculptures... read more →
  • September 8, 2019
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  • Foundry, Map, Sculpture

Foundry Work

We've been traveling to Green Foundry in Eliot, Maine lately for finishing work on the four North Square Stories sculptures. They're all in bronze now and it's quite exciting to... read more →
  • September 7, 2019
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  • Foundry, Map, Marine Instrument, People, Relief, Sculpture, Suitcase

Notre Dame is burning!

(Image: from AFP/Getty, published here) Thinking of the damage Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is sustaining right now makes us heartsick. Some parts of the structure were standing five centuries... read more →
  • April 15, 2019
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  • Map, Uncategorized

Lost Wax Bronze Casting (we haven’t lost it yet…)

We're finishing, or 'chasing', the map sculpture in wax before the wax cast is dipped in ceramic shell solution at the foundry then fired to melt the wax out and... read more →
  • April 15, 2019
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  • Foundry, Map, Uncategorized

Documentation with Opalite Media

We enjoyed working with Opalite Media for a few hours today. Nicole and Ray Ward are helping us document our studio working process to tell the story behind North Square... read more →
  • April 11, 2019
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  • Map, Marine Instrument, North Square, People, Relief, Sculpture, Suitcase

Windows on the North End

The North End occupies a small geographic area - 234 acres, or slightly more than a third of a square mile - but there is no shortage of windows in... read more →
  • December 20, 2018
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  • Map, North Square, Sculpture

The Hazards of Contemplating Cannolis…

Of all the suggestions about what to hide in the North End Map, we spent the most time thinking about cannolis. But thinking about cannolis for any length of time... read more →
  • December 18, 2018
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  • Map, North Square, People, Sculpture

Thank you Advisory Panel! We nearly forgot “The Gassy”!

We just wanted to thank the members of the Advisory Panel who visited the studio last Saturday for your time and insights. Richard, Ben, Tommy, Dave and Victor, all of... read more →
  • October 13, 2018
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  • Community Meetings, Map
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    INSTAGRAM

    Come see our new site-specific, video-sculpture installation "You Are Here" for the WATERLINES exhibit | December 15, 2022 - March 22, 2023 | Somerville Museum, MA
    New England Castings in Standish, ME, pushed their own boundaries working with our renderings and casting our milled foam sections into Duplex Stainless Steel a material that seems just right for the streets of Worcester and the people whose stories our sculpture tells. Thank you Walter, Mike and the whole crew at NEC!
    Our sculpture takes its cue from the work of the 19th-century Worcester abolitionist and suffragist Abby Kelley Foster and is permanently installed at 311 Main St. to the left of Mechanics Hall. We're grateful to State Sen. Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester, who helped secure funding for “The Speaker’s Stand” and to our partners at the City of Worcester, especially the Cultural Development Office, D.P.W., the Public Art Working Group and Abby's House. Photos © 2021 Troy B. Thompson Photography, all rights reserved.
    Excited to have our work “The Speaker’s Stand,” be a part of the Main Street Reimagined Public Art Program which tells the story of Worcester, MA’s rich history through a series of public artworks along Main Street. Here are the first five of many new works. (Photos © 2021 Troy B. Thompson Photography, all rights reserved)
    Repost from @cityofworcester using @RepostRegramApp - Main Street Reimagined Public Art Installation
    Thank you @troybthompsonphotography and @cityofworcester ! So glad to be a part of this project!
    On the heels of her “12 Days of Alleys for Christmas” thread, Alice Brown of Boston Harbor Now, the @FerryFaerie , has a piece in @BostonMagazine called “Your Guide to the Weird (and Wonderful) Alleys of Boston’s North End”. Thanks for making “North Square Stories” part of your storytelling and Boston discovery tours. Happy exploring to all!
    Ben Edwards of @BostonHistory is one of our favorite walkers and lately walking is one of our favorite things!
    Today @bostonpreservationalliance premiers their film about the North Square project for the 2020 Preservation Awards. Tune in to https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=jzmx2qk2wEM
    Our work at North Square has just received another honor!!
    The North Square restoration project with our “North Square Stories” has been awarded a 2020 Preservation Achievement Award by @BOSPreservation @bostonpreservationalliance ! Thanks to all who helped make the Square a “successful example of placemaking in a dense, historic urban core.” including: @ArtsinBoston @BostonPWD @BetaGroupInc @NEWNCBoston @NorthEndWaterRA @PaulRevereHouse @APS and @NorthEndONS bit.ly/3heRjyy (photo @ajrisafulli)
    The North Square restoration project with our “North Square Stories” has been awarded a 2020 Preservation Achievement Award by @BOSPreservation @bostonpreservationalliance ! Thanks to all who helped make the Square a “successful example of placemaking in a dense, historic urban core.” including: @ArtsinBoston @BostonPWD @BetaGroupInc @NEWNCBoston @NorthEndWaterRA @PaulRevereHouse @APS and @NorthEndONS bit.ly/3heRjyy (photo @ajrisafulli)

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