Daily Chores

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The Daily Chores sculpture was inspired by Dublin’s historic town water pump, which sat in the intersection of Bridge and High streets in the early 1900s. While the pump was a primary source of drinking water for the town, it also was a community gathering place where residents would come together with pail in hand, to share news and connect with one another. The pump was surrounded by a 22'' concrete barrier with a horse trough at one end. With the advent of motorcars, the pump soon became a hazard due to its location in the middle of the road.

The State Highway Department offered to move the pump out of the intersection to keep it out of harm’s way, but there was disagreement on its new placement. The demise of the main town water pump occurred after a motorist slammed into the surrounding barrier, and threatened to sue the village. The pump was removed and replaced with a traffic light, as automobiles became more commonplace in the village.

In 2012, artist Michael Tizzano was commissioned by the City of Dublin to create a figurative bronze and stone sculpture to commemorate the historic town pump. Over the span of eight months, it was created in its entirety on view at the Dublin Community Recreation Center, encouraging community education and public engagement. The life-size sculpture then was transported to the foundry for the final steps of the process, ending with the creation of a rubber mold of the sculpture for the bronze pour and casting.

For more information about Daily Chores, visit dublinarts.org and click on the Art in Public Places tab.

Materials

Bronze
Stone

Dates

Purchased: 2012
Dedicated: 2014

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Location

Historic Dublin, 1 North High Street (corner of Bridge and High streets), Dublin, Ohio, 43017
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Type

Public Art

Artist

Mike Tizzano

Michael Tizzano lives and works in his art studio in Westerville, Ohio. A former middle school art teacher, Tizzano retired in 2010 to pursue sculpting full time. Throughout his tenure as a teacher, he also worked as a freelance graphic designer. He completed post-graduate coursework in architecture, art history and bronze casting at The Ohio State University. Tizzano has created numerous commissioned public and private sculptures for clients, including ballet dancers for Dublin Dance Arts, Kayla Reading at Blendon Middle School media center, and The Chase for Westerville Parks and Recreation. A keen observer of his surroundings, Tizzano draws his inspiration from the world around him. Sculptures are three-dimensional works of art, so Tizzano creates a ¼-scale model, called a maquette, to have a sense of the final work. For Daily Chores, he used historic photos of the pump at the intersection of Bridge and High streets along with current photographs and sketches of local children to create the initial maquette that served as a model for the full-scale sculpture.