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[K. Eskridge] My name’s Casey Eskridge. I am the sculptor that was commissioned to
do the portrait bust of Dean Taylor.
The first thing I do is I do a lot of research into the subject, so I met with Mrs. Taylor
and we went over some photographs and decided on what pose we would like to capture. And
then I asked the university to gather as much photo documentary as possible, and then once
I’ve collected that reference material, I start to form the three-dimensional model
of the subject.
The Taylor portrait differs because it is of a specific of a subject. The other two
pieces: one’s more of a personal work, the other is a portrait of St. Camillus who is
a historical figure, the patron saint of nursing. The Taylor piece, the fact that it seems very
significant because of the amount of work they’re putting into the building and the
renaming of the building. I think it’s interesting because there is a connection to the campus.