CONCRETE SCULPTURE
Inspired by nature and our journey in figurative form.
Concrete designed with a personal connection.
WORLD TRAVELER
100 E. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL USA
Exhibiting in Lake Shore park in front of the Drake Hotel and adjacent to Oak Street Beach.
2020 Installation in Chicago 2nd Ward
WORLD TRAVELER
Installed October 2020
Ht 9.5' x W 4' x L 8'
Located in Chicago at 1000 Lake Shore Drive adjacent to the famous Drake Hotel, this 1600 lb concrete sculpture reflects a quiet time of romantic travel. Free to trot the globe without restriction or concern a young traveler is grounded by the world she rests on.
KING OF HEARTS
Chicago Sculpture Exhibit 2021-2022
in Lincoln Park
2441 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, USA
Public Sculpture 10.5' x 3.5' x 2'
550 LBS
Inspired by the Black Lives Matters movement, I felt a personal calling to research and design a piece that personifies the beauty of black American men and women. The original concept began with a contemporary black female nude figure. I created both a male and a female form with a focus on the simple heart shape form made by our arms coming together in front of our body when our hands are clasped.
This sculpture was designed without movement or energy to represent a quiet and calm shape. The base of the sculpture is shaped like the Adinkra ( African) symbol representing peacemaking.
I hope you enjoy the sculpture and it might inspire you to understand more intimately the struggles and beauty of black America.
INVERTADUDE
September 2020 installation
INVERTADUDE
333 Halstead Ave Chicago IL, USA
Chicago Sculpture Exhibit 2020-2021
INVERTADUDE
2020
This nearly twelve foot, 750lb concrete sculpture sits on the corner of Halstead and VanBuren in Greektown Chicago, with the Willis Tower and West Loop skyscrapers in the back ground. Invertadude is a contemporary piece that takes us back in time when carving figures in stone was common. He strikes a casual unassuming pose but on his head as if the world doesn’t matter. Our upside down world is a place to invert troubling thoughts as we adapt to our changing times.
LADY OF THE LAKE
Rockford Sculpture Walk 2021-2023
Rockford IL, USA
Chicago Sculpture Exhibit 2019-2020
Greektown Chicago IL, USA
Public Sculpture 13' x 11' x 7'
The inspiration for Lady of the Lake comes from the beauty and strength seen in many modern day SHEROes, also known as our lady heroes. Lady of the Lake leans into a common directional wind flow while balancing on her rock. Currently on exhibit in downtown Rockford on the river for the biennial sculpture walk through 2023.
THE HELPING HAND
Palmer Square Chicago, IL USA
Public Sculpture 9' x 11' x 7'
Permanent installation in Palmer Square Park, Chicago IL, USA. This whimsical oversized hand and insect was designed for the City of Chicago Park District’s Tree Project in 2018. As a member of the Chicago Sculpture International group I was invited to sculpt a tree in the program highlighting a diseased Emerald Ash. The tree was infested with the Emerald Ash Borer larvae many years ago, died and was trimmed down to it's main trunk at 20ft.
The concrete sculpture consists of an oversized, grasping hand (11 foot long) emerging from the ground at the base of the dying tree. Just above the hand is the adult emerald ash borer also sculpted using concrete & copper.
Small scale work
3D Koi tile
9 x 9
FAUX BOIS
False wood techniques in concrete. Traditional trabajo rustico designed to fool your eyes with true wood textures.
closeup detail
relief detail
relief detail
leaf fountain base
LUCY
Screech Owl
16" x 10" x 5"
Lucy the Screech Owl
Lucy the Screech Owl
Lucy the Screech Owl
Contemporary public sculpture and commissions, using concrete and mixed material.
CONTACT ME
Fishstone Studio
Carrie Fischer
110 East Street
Crystal Lake IL 60014 USA
