Ziibi Elpidos - Holland, Michigan USA
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N 42° 47.234 W 086° 06.007
16T E 573601 N 4737581
Sculpture on the Hope College campus
Waymark Code: WM14R0E
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2021
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The Ziibi Elpidos sculpture is located in the Nyenhuis Sculpture Garden on the campus of Hope College in Holland, Michigan. The bronze sculpture was created by Todd Erickson.
About Todd Erickson and Ziibi Elpidos:
Todd Erickson is a graduate of Hope College and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Erickson was a Biology major/Art minor at Hope and has continued his twin interests in sculpture and the natural environment throughout his career. For the past several years, Erickson has been creating sculptures using fallen tree branches that he collects while canoeing and hiking in wilderness areas around the state of Michigan. He arranges these branches into organic-looking but carefully-composed sculptures which he cuts into pieces, casts in bronze, and then welds back together to re-create the original forms. His technique is masterful and he is able to preserve all of the textures and subtle details of the branches in the finished metal pieces. The title of this sculpture, Ziibi Elpidos, means River of Hope in a combination of Ojibwa and Greek.
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Nyenhuis Sculpture Garden,
Hope College,
271 Columbia Avenue,
Holland, Michigan