GC608TW Three Ton One Ton (Traditional Cache) in Mississippi, United States created by deLassus

This cache has been archived.

deLassus: This was one of our first caches that we ever hid and folks either loved it or hated it. Sadly though the time has come to go ahead and archive it as they are scheduled to remove the sculpture sometime early this month. As soon as the outdoor art contest winners for 2016 get placed around town though, we will be looking to hide a new cache to bring folks out to one of those. Hope to see you there!

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A cache by deLassus Message this owner

Hidden : 7/26/2015

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is tentatively scheduled to be archived on March 1, 2016.

This is because its namesake is scheduled to be removed at some point in March as the 2015 Outdoor Sculpture Competition draws to a close. You're looking for a small magnetic container. The cache only contains a log so be sure to BYOP! Please hide the cache back exactly as you found it, and don't post spoilers, so that the challenge can remain the same for everyone.

When you’re finished searching, head across the street and check out two of our favorite places in Hattiesburg. The Depot Coffee House and Bistro serves up some of the best tasting, original, made from scratch grub around… and Mrs. de Lassus swears they have the best soy latte in town. Next door to The Depot is Blooms. They’re not just a simple florist shop. They have all sorts of interesting items to check out. They're the perfect little shop for all things gift, garden and floral. Stop by and visit both while you're here!

“THREE TON ONE TON” BY HAROLD “SKIP” VAN HOUTEN

Harold “Skip” Van Houten is a Danbury, Connecticut, native and attended New York’s Alfred University, earning a B.F.A. in ceramics and sculpture. He earned an M.F.A. at Penn State University where he concentrated on large-scale outdoor sculpture. Van Houten served for twenty-four years as professor of art at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he founded and developed USM’s sculpture program. His influence as teacher and mentor to professional artists throughout the Gulf South region is hard to overstate. Van Houten’s work has been exhibited on the east coast from Pennsylvania to Florida. He has also exhibited in Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. He was represented by Henri Gallery in Washington, D.C., from 1983 until 1996, and his works are in collections in California, Texas, Pennsylvania, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. One collector recently donated three large pieces to a university in West Virginia. Van Houten is a builder obsessed with process. “I’ve produced numerous mechanical works, and I invent and build tools. I have sculptures that look like tools and tools that look like sculptures,” he said. He described “Three Ton One Ton” as a narrative piece. “I’ve often thought about how my large-scale abstract work looked when the pieces were sitting on the truck or trailer during transport,” he said. “Suddenly the sculptures had wheels underneath them.” That led him to wonder, “What if the truck was the art and the sculpture was the tool?” “Three Ton One Ton” is a cast-iron, earth-colored, fossil-like shell of a 1956 Dodge pick-up. Every detail is cast-iron—the wheels, tires, glass, and body panels. The result is a work that can help people who don’t understand abstract art begin to bridge the gap between representational and abstract sculpture. And while the masterly quality of its craftsmanship is apparent to the seasoned artist’s eye, the obvious humor in the piece seems to beg us not to take things too seriously.

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