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Zack Wallerius
Artist Statement

When we first started making plans for a sculpture in front of the school, I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to make. We had to come up with a design for a sculpture that would be built using round or square steel beams. I wanted to build three structures out of 12 by 12-square tubes that would bend at the top and lean to the side. Each structure would be pierced with geometric shapes.

The first models we made were 1" to 1' scale, and made out of paper. I built my three pieces then decided on an arrangement that I liked. From the first models, seven were chosen to be built one-third scale. Mine was one of those. From the one-third scale maquettes mine was chosen to be built full scale. I was thrilled!

Education

2000-2003 Student Saugatuck HS
2002       Student - Ox Bow Early College Program
2003       Michigan Summer Institute Scholar at the College for Creative Studies taking a                 class in "Integrating New & Traditional Technologies for CreativeImage                 Making" The Institutes are designed to extend experiences in the arts, sciences                 and technology to highly talented tenth and eleventh students from across                 Michigan.

Awards

1997 Art à Loan
1999 Art à Loan
2001 Art à Loan
2002 Saugatuck-Douglas Art Club Scholarship
2002 MCACA Artist-in-residence Sculpture Competition
2003 Holland Area Arts Council Annual High School Juried Competition
2003 Michigan Summer Institute Scholar

Having a sculpture on display is a great experience. I've learned a lot about sculpture making. I just never thought about it enough to realize how much planning and work goes into a piece. First we had to get the beams mitered. Then when we got the steel, it took two to four people to move the pieces around the shop. I also thought that I was going to have help cutting the pieces, but in the end I wound up doing them all myself. I remember when we started cutting my shop teacher, Mr. Rehkopf, didn't think that we were going to have it finished before the end of the year. Everything worked out in the end though. As of this writing, were getting ready to assemble and paint the sculpture for installation.


2006 ADDENDUM:

Zack Wallerius was a junior at the Saugatuck High School when he created this
sculpture. In the summer of 2003, he attended the Michigan Summer Institute Scholar
at the College for Creative Studies, taking a class in “Integrating New & Traditional
Technologies for Creative Image Making ”

Wallerius is the first student to have a sculpture included in Art ‘Round Town. His work
was chosen from more than 90 designs created by art and industrial art students. He
graduated from Saugatuck High School in 2004 and will be attending Maine College of
Art on a art scholarship.

He says, “Having a sculpture on display is a great experience. I've learned a lot about
sculpture making. I just never thought about it enough to realize how much planning
and work goes into a piece.”