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From YouTube: Making Space for Fred
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Here's the story on the plans to honor Biloxi's most famous citizen, Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise, on the 50th anniversary of his interstellar expedition. Presented by Mississippi Power.
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But
I
would
love
to
have
him
sitting
here.
That's
the
truth.
That's
the
tough
part
trying
to
get
photos
and
gathering
side
view
the
front
view
at
that
age
in
his
outfit
is,
is
the
big
difficulty
really
because,
most
even
when
I
did
Bishop
house
I,
he
sat
for
me
mm-hmm.
So
it's
great
to
have
our
live
model,
but
it's
a
lot
more
difficult
to
do
pictures
it.
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And
besides,
Fred
Hayes
the
sculpture
that
you're
working
on
now,
which
you
hope
to
complete
this
year,
you've
also
done
some
other
work,
which
is
now
famously
on
repos
up
in
Wisconsin
at
what's
called
the
Maritime
Museum
they're
known
as
death's
door.
Tell
me
about
that
project
before
we
lead
into
that
story.
At
the
end
of
this
interview,
well,.
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Plenty
of
research
was
done.
We
also
visited
the
infinity
in
Hancock
County
I
talked
with
the
curator
there,
I've
gotten
tons
of
photographs
online
and
studied
everything.
I
could
about
the
figure
and
the
appropriate,
because
there's
been
an
evolution
of
the
astronaut
outfits
through
the
years
of
course,
so
I
wanted
to
be
as
accurate
as
possible.
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Hello,
I'm,
Marriott,
Davidson
and
I
have
had
the
privilege
of
producing
a
statue
for
Gil's
rock
death
store,
Maritime
Museum.
How
did
it
all
start?
Well,
once
I
got
the
Commission,
then
I
had
to
create
an
armature.
An
armature
will
be
the
like.
The
bone
structure
of
a
figure
and
I
had
to
hire
a
model
to
pose
for
me,
and
I
used
just
regular
two
by
two
wood.
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And
I
was
able
to
join
up
and
create
various
muscles,
etc.
On
the
figure
from
there,
I
could
take
the
figure
and
start
drawing
lines
that
would
demarcate
creases
and
folds,
etc.
That
would
be
in
the
clothing
that
he
was
be
wearing
once
I
got
the
armature
and
the
styrofoam
and
all
the
position
that
I
wanted
then
became
the
long
process,
and
this
took
probably
most
of
my
time
was
to
create
the
clay
over
the
structure.
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Plastiline
is
a
non
drying
clay,
it
comes
in
large
chunks
and
you
have
to
scrape
it
and
move
it
and
gradually
cover
all
the
figure
and
start
to
produce
the
wrinkles,
the
folds,
because
he
was
wearing
foul
weather
gear.
There's
a
lot
of
folds,
because
the
the
garment
itself
is
rather
stiff,
unlike
a
soft
pair
of
jeans
or
something
of
that
nature,
so
the
whole
figure
then
is
covered.
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If
you
notice,
then
I
have
no
head
and
no
hands
no
finishing
of
the
feet,
but
the
body
is
basically
covered
and
then
all
the
detail
of
the
straps,
the
buttons
the
buckles
steps
in
the
next
step.
After
the
figure
has
created,
then
I
needed
to
work
on
the
head,
the
portrait
and
that
took
a
while
to
create
the
features
that
would
would
resemble
a
fisherman
from
gills
rock,
not
in
great
detail.
The
family
wanted
more
just
a
general
view
of
him.
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Underneath
in
trying
to
work
with
the
hands,
I
realized
that
he
would
be
grasping
very
tightly
the
net
with
the
fish
in
it.
So
the
construction
of
the
of
the
hands
actually
began
with
a
piece
of
copper
that
I
soldered
wire
to
and
then
I
was
able
to
bend
and
create
the
pose.
Otherwise,
just
with
the
clay,
the
clay
would
have
easily.
Well
just
cracked
on
me.
So
I
had
to
create
the
various
fingers
in
a
position
that
was
suitable
for
grabbing
the
net.
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The
box
was
created
to
resemble
the
ones
that
are
used
on
the
boats
to
bring
in
the
fish
and
this
wooden
box.
What
I
did
was
I
placed
a
plastic
coil
in
it,
so
I
could
get
bulk
and
also
I
could
protect
the
bottom
of
the
box
because
in
the
future,
just
as
in
on
the
boat,
we
need
an
opening
in
the
bottom
of
the
box
to
allow
water
or
snow
to
melt
and
leave
leave
the
box.
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After
all,
the
clay
is
completed,
then
the
next
step
is
to
make
a
mold
of
all
the
parts.
The
parts
have
to
be
cut
up
leg
by
leg
arm
by
arm
until
all
the
parts
are
in
small
enough
portions.
That
can
be
helped
and
worked
with
conveniently
the
next
step,
then
after
the
clay
is
taken
out
of
the
mole
and
wax
is
poured
in
here's
an
example
of
the
wax
that
has
been
transformed
into
the
net,
and
it's
cast
very,
very
well
into
wax.
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You
remember
the
clay
form
that
was
first
initiated
to
do
the
bottom,
but
that
eventually
has
to
be
cut
off
and
you
will
see
now
the
leg
as
well
as
part
of
the
torso,
is
now
being
dipped.
These
are
all
in
wax
and
they're
being
dipped
in
a
liquid
code,
colloidal
silica,
and
then
they
are
sprinkled
with
a
saying
called
silica
sand,
which
of
course,
sand
is
silica.
Here
you
see
the
bottom
of
the
shoe
and
you
see
the
leg
notice
the
tabs
on
each
of
one
of
them,
but
they're
all
Hollow.
Nothing
is
solid.
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To
contrast,
with
the
figure
on
July
4th,
we
had
the
unveiling
of
the
figure
in
the
front
of
the
museum
and
then
finally,
we
have
statue
complete
from
head
to
toe
with
a
temporary
sign
which
will
be
later
replaced
with
the
full
explanation
of
the
casting
that
night
being
July.
The
4th,
the
photographer
from
the
Door
County
advocate,
took
a
picture
of
him,
along
with
the
fireworks,
a
beautiful
ending
to
a
beautiful
day.
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I
want
to
thank
the
board
from
gills
Rock
Maritime
Museum,
as
well
as
the
people
of
gills
Rock,
for
letting
me
be
a
part
of
this
wonderful
project
that
I've
been
doing
for
the
last
almost
two
years
now,
but
it's
been
a
wonderful
experience
working
with
everyone
there
and
completing
a
project
that
I
am
very
proud
of.
Thank
you.
So
much.
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Mississippi
power
and
the
city
of
Biloxi
are
honoring
Apollo,
13
astronaut
and
Biloxi
native
Fred
Hayes
on
the
50th
anniversary
of
his
interplanetary
exploration,
join
us
Friday,
April
10th
for
a
banquet
honoring
Fred
Hayes
at
the
Biloxi
Civic
Center
at
6
p.m.
tickets
are
$25
per
person.
They
are
available
online
and
at
the
Biloxi
visitors
center
and
then
join
us
Saturday
April
11th
2024,
the
unveiling
of
the
launch
pad
south
of
the
Biloxi
lighthouse.
It
begins
at
113
p.m.
50
years
to
the
exact
time
that
the
Apollo
13
lifted
off.