Izithombe ezingu-14 ezivele e-Eau Claire nase-Altoona kuleli sonto zingase zenziwe ngohlobo lwezicucu ezigqwalile ongazithola egaraji likamkhulu,kodwa zivusa inkathi yangaphambili kakhulu: leyo lapho ama-dinosaurs ayebusa umhlaba.

I-Scraposaurs, njengoba bebizwa kanjalo, iwukudalwa komqophi wezithombe waseMinnesota uDale Lewis, owakha ngezinto ezitholiwe kanye nezinsimbi ezilahliwe ezisukela kuma-spikes kaloliwe kuya ezingxenyeni zikagandaganda. Abahlaziyi bangaphambi komlando bake bavakashela idolobha ngaphambilini, bake bakhangiswa e-Artisan Forge Studios ngo-2021. Muva nje bebekhonjiswa eSioux City, e-Iowa, futhi manje sebebuyele eChippewa Valley njengengxenye yohambo olukhula njalo lwe-Sculpture Tour Eau Claire.

AbakwaScraposaur manje sebehlakazekile ku-Galloway Street (kuqala, njengoba kwenzeka, ngaphesheya komgwaqo ukusuka ekomkhulu lethu leVolume One Worldquarters) ngomzila ohamba ngasempumalanga udlule i-Banbury Place, ungene ku-River Prairie Drive, futhi ungene ekuthuthukisweni koMfula i-Altoona's Prairie. (Ngenkathi zifaka ama-T-Rexes kanye nama-Spinosaurs, empeleni akuwona wonke ama-Scraposaurs angama-dinosaurs: Iqoqo lihlanganisa ojekamanzi abakhulu kakhulu nezinkabi ezimbalwa ze-musk.)

Nakuba kuhlaba umxhwele, lezi zilo zensimbi zimane nje ziyizisulu zokuhlasela okukhulu kwezithombe eziqoshiwe, kusho uJulie Pangallo, owengamele i-Sculpture Tour: Ulindele ukuba izithombe eziqoshiwe ezintsha ezingu-61 zize edolobheni cishe ngoMeyi 18. Lokho kuzoletha inani eliphelele lezithombe eziqoshiwe kulolu hambo. kuya ku-150, kusukela kwabangaba yikhulu kulo nyaka odlule.

"Siwuhambo olukhulu kunazo zonke olujikelezayo (lwezithombe) e-US," kusho uPangallo.

I-Sculpture Tour yaqala ngezithombe ezibaziwe ezingaba ngu-25 ngo-2011, futhi yakhula kancane kancane kwaze kwaba yiminyaka embalwa edlule lapho ithathwa yi-Visit Eau Claire, i-ejensi yezokuvakasha yendawo. "Sithathe igxathu elikhulu, futhi ingxenye enkulu yalokho bekusebenzisana ne-Visit Eau Claire nokukwazi ukusebenzisa izinsiza zabo," kusho uPangallo.

Ngaphezu kwezithombe eziqoshiwe ezizofakwa ekupheleni kwale nyanga, kuzovela nemisebenzi yobuciko kulo nyaka ezinkundleni zombukiso wokuvuselela kabusha ngaphandle kweChippewa Falls kanye naseCannery District e-Eau Claire.

“Eqinisweni sizama ukuthi sifinyelele lapho sishintshanisa cishe ingxenye yesithathu minyaka yonke, ingxenye yesithathu izoba unomphela, bese kuthi ingxenye yesithathu kube abaculi bakuleli,” kusho uPangallo.

Khonamanjalo, i-Sculpture Tour and Visit Eau Claire isebenza ezinhlelweni zonyaka wesithathu we-Colour Block, iphrojekthi elethe imidwebo yasesidlangalaleni eyakhiweni nasezindleleni ezise-Altoona nase-Eau Claire. Umsebenzi wokwakha imidwebo yakamuva eyenziwe ngamaciko asekhaya nasafufusa uzoqala ngoJuni, kusho uPangallo.