Rosary, (sculpture).

Rosary, (sculpture).

Frey, Gerald, 1926- , sculptor.

Rosary, (sculpture).

Painted walnut and steel.

L. 70 ft. x H. 10 ft. (4,700 lbs.).

A giant blue-painted rosary carved from five walnut trees on the artist's farm in north central Ohio. The fifty-nine rough, multifaceted beads on the rosary are carved with a chain saw into six large beads (11 x 18 in.) and fifty-three small beads (12 x 12 in.). The beads are connected with a 5/16 inch steel rod cut into fifty-nine pieces, one inserted through each bead and looped at the end to connect the beads into the chain of the rosary. At the end of the chain is a ten-foot tall wooden cross with a carved and painted wooden figure of Christ.

Object -- Other -- Rosary

Religion -- New Testament -- Crucifixion

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio

Frey, Gerald, Mr. & Mrs., 15703 County Road 58, Upper Sandusky, Ohio 43351

Smith, Richard P., Mrs., 2004.

Ohio Magazine (June/July 1997), pg. 15.

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