Working alone nights, weekends and holidays, over the course of 30 years Simon Rodia constructed a series of slender steel columns, wrapped them with wire mesh, and covered them by hand with cement.
Heather, it looks like pieces from parks in Barcelona by Gaudi! The man in watts was very talented and so creative and innovative.
Yes, it’s simply incredible that he had no formal training or education in art…or engineering…
That he built the towers at all is some kind of miracle, and then they’re also deeply beautiful and stirring! And then he just kind of disappeared…
You bring the best people to life!
The BEST compliment! Thank you, Paulette…
I read about him in your book and then watched the video. It’s unbelievable that one man accomplished so much beauty.
Heather, it looks like pieces from parks in Barcelona by Gaudi! The man in watts was very talented and so creative and innovative.
Yes, it’s simply incredible that he had no formal training or education in art…or engineering…
That he built the towers at all is some kind of miracle, and then they’re also deeply beautiful and stirring! And then he just kind of disappeared…
You bring the best people to life!
The BEST compliment! Thank you, Paulette…
I read about him in your book and then watched the video. It’s unbelievable that one man accomplished so much beauty.