Steve badanes seattle

They approve licensing of the image, and brought suit early on to protect their right to hold a copyright on the sculpture, although, the use of the Troll image remains free to non-profits. He continues to work on proper maintenance and potential erosion control with the Fremont Arts Council, which commissioned the Troll.

The steel rebar and wire frame of the Fremont Troll, in , and the Volkswagen Beetle. It was a community initiated project. Neighborhoods has a fabulous program. While Badanes takes credit for the Fremont Troll as a piece of art, he is quick to say this is not his usual work.

Although many have decried the public display of a communist revolutionary, the citizens of Fremont recognize the statue as an expression of artistic freedom and have diluted its political undertones by draping it with Christmas lights during the holiday season and dressing it in a tutu and make-up during Pride festivities in the neighborhood. Geek Frontiers. Geek Tourist: Seattle. Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. Museum of Pop Culture.

Recent Articles. Anthony Letizia - October 3, The comic book artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange was recognized in his childhood hometown of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in with a summer-long celebration. The Hidden Life of Trolls September 19, We sliced it with a band saw and developed cross sections. We bent up number-three rebar, put in a lot of mesh, and we figured that the only real detail work was the fingers and the nose.

That nose looks quite a bit like mine. We needed one to use as a model—and out of the whole crew, mine got chosen. The Volkswagen was donated without a motor; it had been in a rear-end crash. Kids came from all over Seattle to put stuff in there for a time capsule.

There are these leaking expansion joints over his head, so all winter long, gruel and moss come sliming down over him, which I think works—for this sculpture anyway. The eye is a VW hubcap covered in a prismatic defraction grid, so when a car comes up over the hill and headlights hit this eye, the driver sees a blast of light.

He celebrates all the holidays, especially Halloween, which is called Trolloween in that neighborhood. People get married here too. Read Next. Hand Picked Places to Stay in Seattle. Four Seasons Hotel Seattle. Lotte Hotel Seattle. The Paramount Hotel.