San Clemente Dam Rebar Sculpture Coming to Life!

It has been almost three years since the San Clemente Dam came down. Now, the rebar I collected from the dam is coming to life in the sculpture.
Below are some photos of that process.

Wayne Bounds of Granite Construction helping with gathering cement and rebar from the dam

Rebar and other metal collected from dam at my home. The flat metal on the left side is what Richard Schrader is using to create the steelhead trout, red-legged frog and dragonfly.

Fred Saunders of Sculpture Works collecting rebar to create sculpture

Fred unbending rebar

Richard Schrader unbending metal plate to create fish.

Metal plate now flat with fish templates

Marking metal to cut fish out of metal plate

Richard cutting out first Steelhead from metal plate

Rebar laid out with fish..first time to see the drawing of the sculpture coming to life!

Rafael Payan, General manager of the MPRPD holding one of the fish

Fred Saunders, Rafael Payan, Jackie Nelson, Education Supervisor MPRPD, Richard Schrader

Thank you to all who have made generous donations to make this sculpture happen! Truly an historic endeavor. Stay tuned for more blog posts showing the progression of this creation. The sculpture is planned to be installed and ready for the dedication of the new Palo Corona Regional Park (former Rancho Cañada) on September 28, 2018.