Graham Brown (like another hotelman Graf has depicted, Al Schneider) is placed at street level - with his shoes on the sidewalk - just the way he once greeted folks in front of his hotel. Tall, with wavy brown hair and glasses, he’s got the balance of a ballplayer, allowing him to stand up on one toe and twist himself into a pose that one of his subjects might assume. The sculptor has a string of statues dotting the Louisville landscape, and more on the way. Raymond Graf is one of the hottest artists around in what appears to be a new Bronze Age for the city. It’s the inclusion of Brown’s faithful friend that is the signature touch you get with a Raymond Graf sculpture: You find out more than how people look you find out who they are.Ībove: Jockey Pat Day at Churchill Downs, Baseball great Pee Wee Reese at Slugger Field, and Philanthropist James Graham Brown at the Brown Hotel. And it’s not Graf standing next to him, but Brown’s little dog Woozem. ”Well, it’s not actually Brown, but a remarkably accurate life-sized bronze statue of the famous Louisville hotelman in his characteristic 1940s felt hat and business suit. So we decided to include Woozem in the piece, and I think it worked out perfectly. “But I noticed that in so many of the photos he had that little dog with him. Graham Brown for me to work with, so re-creating his likeness was not hard,” says Graf. “The Brown Foundation had tons of photos of J. Raymond Graf and his natural-science menagerie in the sculptor’s Clifton home studio. He’ll be out there on the Fourth Street sidewalk with J. Other shipping options and international rates are available at check out.You can meet Louisville sculptor Raymond Graf any day of the week in front of the Brown Hotel. This item qualifies for FREE "domestic" priority mail shipping. Directional fabric for your backing may require additional yardage. Skill Level: Beginner (quick and easy piecing).ģ-3/4 yards of fabric is recommended for the backing assuming a 44/45" width along with a 68" x 74" piece of batting. To see other fabrics we HAVE in this collection go to: No substitutions have been made to this kit! Pictures 2 thru 5 show the pattern, fat quarter bundle and other fabrics included in this kit. Printed fabrics in this kit are from the Tiger Tails and Pixie Dots collections by Quilting Treasures. We carry coordinating prints that can be purchased for your backing and shipped with your kit! Backing fabric and batting will need to be purchased separately. The kit contains a purchased copy of the Snappy pattern/instructions designed by Swirly Girls Design along with enough fabric (including a 10 pc Fat Quarter bundle) to complete the quilt top and edge binding as shown in picture 1. The overall finished size of this quilt as seen in Picture 1 is 60" x 66". Machine wash cold, normal cycle with like colors, use non-chlorine bleach when needed, tumble dry medium, remove promptly, warm iron if needed. Create a special quilt, an on-trend nursery, and fashion favorites with this adorable ensemble new from ©Ink & Arrow for QT Fabrics.ġ00% cotton fabric. FABRIC: Let your inner tiger roar with style with this contemporary collection of prints featuring playful tigers, little daisies and more.
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