Bertha

My grandmother, Bertha.  This was from a piece of scrap stone obtained from Ranier Devido Stone Company in Pennsylvania, who uses a lot of Indiana limestone.  From several pictures of grandma from the late 1950s and early 60s, I modeled her in a heavy coat with fur collar and a fashionable wide hat and rubber boots.   The intent was capture not only a stout woman, but a strong and stern one as well, but not an unloving one.   Moderately happy with this piece, though there are things I don’t like. The stone has been placed next to her gravestone at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Ashtabula, Ohio, hopefully nobody will walk off with it. What kind of a person would steal from a graveyard?

What, you want me to rate my grandma?

Approx. 14” H X 8” square

Bertha (2022)