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Sun Spot, a 20-foot tall metal dog sculpture, is the first official resident of the soon to be open Denver Animal Shelter.
The steel skelton is covered with over 90,000 stainless steel dog tags. It took large cranes and a lot of human muscle to erect the statue.
Commissioned as part of the Denver Public Art Program, the sculpture was created by artists Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan to resemble a friendly “every dog.”
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Wouldn't want to clean up after that.
Posted by: Foley Monster and Pocket | May 28, 2011 at 05:58 PM
That is so cool!
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Posted by: Linda | May 28, 2011 at 06:15 PM
I wonder how long that took to make.
Posted by: Jessi | May 28, 2011 at 11:33 PM
Wow! That look amazing ... I can only imagine how much work must have gone into making him.
Posted by: Tracey | May 28, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Very cool! I wonder if they are recycled dog tags? Did owners send them in?
Sam
Posted by: Sam | June 02, 2011 at 05:20 PM
I got the idea they were all new. I can't imagine collecting that many recycled ones.
Posted by: Jan | June 02, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Close to 500 man hours on just the tag installation alone. This was a large, but interesting project start to finish. The tags are all brand new, stainless steel, and blank.
Posted by: DemiurgeJohn | June 06, 2011 at 01:32 PM