Recently, I was invited to be a contributor to this fine blog (a Scuttlebutter?), but there's one problem... I don't live anywhere near these Woodbut people. As a result, my entries will have to fit somewhere between reality and St. Paul.
Everyone knows the famous sculpture of the Spoonbridge and Cherry at the Walker in Minneapolis, but did you know that this piece of art has never been seen as the artists intended?
Citing a combination of budget constraints and health code violations, the Walker Art Center had to cancel the final stage of the installation: 50,000 gallons of vanilla ice cream scooped onto the lawn of the sculpture garden. Experts believe that this Build Your Own Sundae Bar would have been the largest in North America, but alas, it was not meant to be.
Interestingly, the artists did build a prototype in their studio, prior to the project's cancellation (as seen in the photo below.) They now weigh 1,200 pounds each.
Ice cream would be so heavenly compared to the thousands of gallons of icee that they put under it now. those artists are always trying to get free materials for their projects and this seems to be one more example of cutting corners.
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