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John Mitchell, Jr Study

John Mitchell, Jr. (July 11, 1863 – December 3, 1929) was an African American businessman, newspaper editor, civil rights activist, and politician in Richmond, Virginia. As editor of the Richmond Planet, he frequently published articles in favor of racial equality. In 1904, he organized a black boycott of the city’s segregated trolley system.

He founded and served as president of the Mechanics Savings Bank in the city. He served as a city alderman for two terms, and was active in fraternal and professional organizations. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican Party candidate for governor in 1921.

This bust is a study done for a museum in Richmond.

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Occoneechee Boy Scout Council Sun Dial

The Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America serves some 20,000 youths and 7,000 adults in central North Carolina, USA. Camp Durant on the Occoneechee Scout Reservation is the location of the sundial. Camp Durant is the main camp facility for Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts of America and is located in Carthage, NC.

This is a working sundial, made for this exact location. The design is based on the Boy Scout Wood Badge symbol of a log with an axe lodged in it. The axe handle serves as the gnomon. The Dial plate is inscribed with the Boy Scout Creed. It is installed at the front of the Grand Lodge at Camp Durant.

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From: http://www.woodbadge.org/Ceremony/traditional.html

“Before you is the ax in the log. This is the Wood Badge symbol and represents the old English freeman.

In feudal times, all property was owned by the wealthy nobles. Men who were bound to the land and owned by a nobleman were known as serfs, who were slaves. It was a crime for the serfs to cut wood from the forests owned by the nobles. Serfs could gather the scarce wood only from the floor of the forest.

Warfare was dominated by these kings and lords. Men who served valiantly in their lord’s army were rewarded by being declared freemen. Freemen were given the right of loppage, or permission to cut limbs from the nobleman’s trees as high as they could reach with an ax. An ax carried in a nobleman’s forest became the badge of a freeman, one who had earned the right by service.

The grain of the handle of an ax is straight and true and set square in the eye of the head. The head has the proper temper, not too soft or too hard, and sharpened to a point of usefulness. The ax is well balanced and a very efficient tool in the hands of an experienced ax man.

The ax in the log reminds us that those who wear the symbol have allowed their lives to be placed in the hands of God. They have proven themselves on service to others and walk the straight trail as examples to others. They have committed themselves to strengthen others through service and example. “

Boylan-Pearce Lion Head

The Boylan-Pearce Company first opened its doors in 1911. It is being restored to its Edwardian splendor by Boylan Pearce Building LLC, which is managed by Dean Debnam. The first step will be to restore the building to what it looked like in 1911, when the Boylan-Pearce Co. opened its 26,000-square-foot store on Fayetteville Street. That includes rebuilding a grand stairway and a heavy front awning that disappeared during successive renovations of the building. The awning will be held up by bronze lion heads designed by Ed Walker and cast by Carolina Bronze sculpture in Seagrove, NC.

Ed Walker sculpture — Boylan Pearce Lion Head

About

Ed Walker, is originally from Burlington, NC. After graduating from East Carolina University with a BFA degree in Sculpture in 1975, Ed attended graduate school at the University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks, obtaining his MFA in Sculpture in 1979.

Ed Moved to New Orleans in 1980 and began doing metal fabrication for the well known kinetic sculptor, Lin Emery. In 1982, he started teaching sculpture at Tulane University, where he remained for 5 years until opening a small foundry in his studio in New Orleans.

Ed returned to North Carolina in 1989 and founded Carolina Bronze Sculpture. The foundry was originally located in Asheboro, NC and relocated to it's present facility in Seagrove, NC in 1994.

Ed has continued to create his own sculpture and is currently accepting commissions for sculpture.

Download Ed's resume here: Ed's Resume

Navy Seal Emblem

The U.S. Navy's Special Warfare insignia, also known as a "SEAL Trident" is located at the US Navy SEAL’s headquarters in Richmond, VA. The bronze, 5’x3’ casting was sculpted based on a small model by Ed Walker and cast by Carolina Bronze sculpture in Seagrove, NC.

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Ed Walker, Sculptor, Wilmington NC firefighter by Ed Walker

I grew up in the city but my heart has always been in the country. I love nature with all its patterns, shapes, textures and motion. My curious and exploratory nature led me to pursue a career in art. In the years since, I have never lost the intrigue of daily exploration and discovery. My work is a reflection of the shapes, movement and texture found in the natural and manmade environment. The balance and tension that I observe are the consistent subjects of my sculpture. Natural floral arrangements such as log jams on a river bank, erosion of a rock face, scarred trees with overgrown knots or cracks, or the patterns on water rippling in the wind fill my head with ideas.

Working with a variety of media in both abstraction and realism, I try to capture the unique moment in time that will reveal the passion and magic of the world around me.

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Firefighter Memorial, Wilmington, NC

Completed in 2013, the Wilmington Firefighter Memorial is located in Wilmington NC. A steel beam is at the center of a fire helmet-shaped memorial, held upright by a statue of a firefighter in full gear and ringed by seven empty helmets, pairs of gloves and pairs of boots.

The seven sets of firefighter gear are to honor the men who have died in the line of duty since the Wilmington Fire Department was formed in the mid-1800s, while the piece of steel honors the 343 firefighters who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

To see a short video about the creation of this memorial from start to finish, visit this link:

The Making of the Wilmington Firefighter Memorial

Wilmington Firefighter Memorial by Ed Walker

"Your work is still beautiful and draws many visitors every year. Thank you for the hard work, time, and dedication you gave to this place of reflection and remembrance. - Wendy Giannini-King (Wilmington Fire Department)

Firefighter Memorial by Ed Walker in Wilmington NC

Wilmington Firefighter,Ed Walker, Sculptor

Arty the Mouse, Graham, NC

Eleven bronze mice, created by Ed Walker with Carolina Bronze Sculpture, have been placed at the following locations: the arts council, Graham Municipal Building, Bank of America building, Alamance County courthouse, Graham Cinema, Sesquicentennial Gardens, Graham Historical Museum, Graham Fire Department, Graham Police Department, Graham Public Library and the Children’s Museum. A brochure, with clues on where to find Arty, will be placed throughout downtown Graham.