see the maquette of this sculpture.
Over a light lunch on her dock overlooking Old Clearwater Bay in Florida, I queried Nina about her thoughts on this piece. She replied, “When my daughter was a young child, I promised her that she would learn to fly physically, emotionally and/or spiritually. I used her as a model and tried to imbue the sculpture with her sense of wonder and beauty.
I was also strongly influenced by “Cirque du Soleil” for this one”.
She continued, “I designed the wings and worked with an incredible goldsmith who teaches at a college in nearby St. Petersburg. We worked for months ensuring the wings would perfectly compliment the sculpture and be able to be fitted easily into the back of the piece. I then had to design a special box for the shipping of this fragile part of the sculpture. The