2017 Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards
Ben Caldwell was commissioned to create the "flame" portion of the award to match the original liberty torch. A few things to note for the 2017 EIFH AWARD ~ * The entire “Flame” & “Pedestal” of the award will be hand formed from 100% copper that was preserved from the Registry Building at Ellis Island. * The “Flame” will be hand hammered utilizing the Repousse method (from the backside of the flame) just as was done by Bartholdi’s team. * The front side of the “Flame” will have a sculpted relief (similar) to Liberty’s own flame…but because they each will be formed by hand they will differ while giving the artist some creative Liberty. * The...
