When Nancy Jurs was commissioned to create a public sculpture for the Greater Rochester International Airport, she had to build an enormous addition onto her studio to accommodate the work. This monumental clay work is composed of stacked, pounded, modeled, and chiseled stoneware. Each section weighs between 200-600 pounds. The piece was hand glazed and patina’ed. To fire Triad, it had to be taken to an industrial kiln. The three totem-like structures incorporate symbols of the city: the sailboat, the arrowhead, and the millstone.

Making of Triad (20 min.)