Day of Dedication

Back side of Sculpture

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This is not the final presentation but it was ready for the day of dedication! The sculpture will be set on a  seven foot round cement base, painted with a stain to give the feeling of water, and have river grasses and boulders set around it.

Richard Schrader, metalsmith of steelhead trout; Toni Henderson, graphic designer of the Big Fish Story; Paola Berthoin, Project Director; Fred and Lorie Saunders of Sculpture Works, Inc. fabricators of sculpture.

In honor of the river and watershed, community members placed stones from the Chinese Dam at the base of the sculpture at the end of the dedication ceremony.

24" Steelhead Trout made from two pieces of ninety-four year old steel from the former San Clemente Dam. Refer to early postings of this project to see the metal before it became this amazingly sleek and beautiful fish!

Transformation in Restoration

Wrangled from deep in concrete
of the defunct ninety-four year old dam,
old metal formed, forged, and hammered
into new meaning
for the Carmel River.

Transforming,
restoring
generous river,
spinning, spiraling
swirling.

Transforming
restoring
free-flowing
spirals, vortexes,
pulsating water.

Revitalizing
Carmel River Steelhead
Red-legged Frog
Lamprey.
Damselfly, Dragonfly,
Stonefly, Mayfly.

Transforming,
restoring,
Garter Snake, Western Pond Turtle
Salamander,
Kingfisher,
Great Blue Heron,
Yellow Warbler.

Transforming
restoring
humans,
Mountain Lion, Bobcat,
Fox, Deer and Coyote.

Rythmic flows regenerating
Willow, Cottonwood, Alder,
sediment, spawning gravel,
boulders, logs and leaves.
Glinting points of light
amongst the grasses.

Transforming
restoring
river always giving
refreshing, reviving.
healing itself.

Transforming, restoring.
land and people,
selfless Carmel River.



 © Paola Fiorelle Berthoin