In late 2002, we were commissioned to execute another sculpture for the Ortigas and Company's, Greenhills Shopping Center. Attorney Rafael Ortigas the President of the company claimed the sculpture we has made for the Year of the Horse, received a lot of praise, not only from the Chinese community in Manila but from various sectors (many of whom had informed him they had never encountered a 3 Dimensional Neon sculpture like it, even during overseas sojourns), prompting him to request a new sculpture be made for the Year of the Ram (2003).
We decided an addition of a new medium would be in order, as the Horse sculpture we had made was see-through. We then added to the basic steel and neon glass sculpture an additional element, FIBERGLASS!
We used basically the same structural style of 2" squares of welded mesh, 2" flat mild steel bars and 8mm rods. We also used the layering technique to stiffen the figure for more structural strength.We decided to sheath the entire figure in fiberglass mat.
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