1990_08 The Daily Collegian August 1990

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August 27, 1990
The Dally Collegian
Mahatma Gandhi to be
memorialized at CSUF
ByKrisULemos
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
"Ifsagorgeousthingtowatch,maybe
even awesome/ said Frank Laury,
chairman of the CSUF Art Department.
At 8:45 p.m. Sunday, two years of hard
work and dedication came to a head.
Ten volunteer artists melted and poured
the bronze ingots (metal bars) in to four
of the five sand and plaster molds that
will be the bust of
Mahatma Gandhi.
The 900-pound
Gandhi bust is the
brainchild of artist
James Earl Smith,
ceramic instruc¬
tional support
technician at
CSUF. His inspria-
^ofhame from the
creation of the
Martin Luther
King, Jr. bust
Which sits in
Fresno County's
Courthouse Park.
A $15,000 grant
awarded last
spring by the CSUF
Associated Stu¬
dents Inc. helped
bring a replica of
the great spiritual, social and political
leader of India to CSUF. Others in the
crowd of onlookers said the beginning
phasesofthe bronze-casting of the bust
was a great sight. Approximately 60
fathered behind the Phebe Conley Art
uilding.
An official dedication ceremony for
the busthas. been scheduled for Oct.2at
noon. One of Gandhi's grandsons has
confirnfed that he will be present for
the event which will be commemorat¬
ing Mahatma Gandhi's 121st birthday.
Mahatma Gqndh
The main portion of Gandhi's hea d,
however, was not ready for the Sunday
night bronze-casti ng, The remai nder of
the plaster mold still contains some of
the wax filler, one step in the casting
process.
The wax must be removed before the
bronze is poured into the 1/8-inch
cavity between the outer and inner
plaster. This cavity will "translate" the
impression of Gandhi's face from clay
to bronze, said Bob Barnes, a support
technicianinthe
project The next
phase will have
to wait another
six days.
The smoul¬
dering metal
was lifted from
the furnace and
poured into the
sandand plaster
molds which
will be Gandhi's
ears, necli and
shoulders and
crown of the
head. The entire
process only
lasted 20 min¬
utes. Afterabout
a week of cool¬
ing, the plaster
will be chipped
away from the bronze and the pieces
will be welded together.   .
Smith said "1 dreamed about [the
Gandhi project] a long time ago. A lot of
things havehappend to slow the proc¬
ess, but tonight there will be an end,"
said Smith. He started the project two
years ago on the day the Martin Luther
King,Jr.bust wasdedicated.       ■
"He was a great man in Dr. King's
life;someonethatpeoplelearned from.
See GANDHI, page 6
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