Fence Post Art (FPA) # 8 Traditional Cache
Hidden : 7/13/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Fence Post Sculptures that are around the Havre area and in other places in Montana.

I have seen some of the Fence Post Art around the Havre area and wonder how many there were. I am not sure but as of the end of 2012 there were more than 700 pieces of fence art in 17 states and two Canadian provinces. The artist (Cory Holmes of Havre) is a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway conductor with a penchant for welding scrap metal into art.
The fence sculptures cover a wide range of subjects: people, animals, insects, abstract and impressionist pieces. A piece still in his workshop, a montage of metal that includes a bent railroad spike and twisted angle iron, is titled "Permitted Outrage" to reflect the enormous force required to deform the metal. "Vast Delight," a sculpture of a girl jumping rope, was put up south of Havre. Some of the fence art includes motion, with pieces mounted on swivels or chains to move in the wind. He originally didn't include much information on the metal base he puts on the pieces. Now he puts the name of the piece and its number, his initials, "Havre," and the date on each.
Cory had this to say as how do you determine where you will put a piece of fence art?
“I like to put them on the skyline whenever possible because they are easier to see. The single most important part is the fencepost. It has to be a substantial post and unfortunately most post are not. Railroad tie fencepost are king. I try not to place them on brace post next to gates because I don’t want it to snag a farmer’s header on a combine or swather. I try not to place them in near proximity to houses unless somebody specifically asks me to. I have put a goodly number of fence art in national forest, but, to be honest they are difficult to see because of the trees. The upside is they don't get stolen nearly as often as the prairie variety.”
How was Fence Post Art Born?
One day I was reading some farm journal and there was an article that said there were 35 million fence posts in Montana. I thought hmmmm, I wonder how they know that? Do they have fence post census takers? Not too long after I read the article I had to take a trip to Glendive and as I drove along the endless prairie I thought, gee, somebody ought to decorate around here and make this drive a little more interesting. So, I figured why not me? I'll just whip up some stuff and honk it on the top of fence post. And viola, fence art was born.


I am working on doing a series of caches that include all his Fence Post Sculptures. If you find one please email me the coordinates so I can add it to my list so I can place a cache at it.

Enjoy this fencepost sculpture by Cory Holmes.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

Rainnstar

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