Postby chuck » Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:19 pm
It does look like some kind of boring machine.
Here it is in context

title is "Disk in the Form of a Desert Rose". It is actually two sided. This is the "front".
this is the back side

1994 Bronze By Arnaldo Pomodoro
I'm cataloguing my father-in-laws home movies and still pictures. I ran across one that was actually a bas relief and assumed it was from the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park near Grand Rapids. His Senior Mens club took a day trip (about 2 1/2 hour drive from Birmingham, MI) and he took a bunch of pictures. The image I was looking for is actually from an outdoor display in Saginaw up where his son used to live. While perusing the images for the Meijer Gardens on Google I ran across the Desert Rose piece and found it intriguing/appealing. I have mixed feeling on most "abstract" sculptures, some are quite attractive and some seem like a pile of scrap metal. Here is one of the later that is actually installed on UM campus.

None of these images are his. These are all in focus.
Once I built a railroad, I made it run,
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done --
Brother, can you spare a dime?