Winged Refuge
Winged Refuge at the Colorado Springs Air Force Academy
Artist John Lajba came to Zahner with a machined cast-bronze model in-hand, which was used to accurately define the art fabrication of the commissioned monument to the United States Air Force.
Winged Refuge was manufactured using a semi-mirror stainless steel surface. The connection edges include both TIG-welded corners, as well as broken edges with Radius Reduction for the sharpest possible corner and edge connections. The two sculptures were fabricated in the Zahner shop, wrapped in blue-plastic netto, and shipped to the job site where each sculpture bolted into a raised stone section. The stone and concrete contractors then completed the rest of the ground surface.
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Winged Refuge Sculpture at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, by artist John Lajba.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.
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Photograph of John Lajba with his Winged Refuge Sculpture Model.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.
![Winged Refuge Sculpture at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, by artist John Lajba.](https://e5awgs3wuhi.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/24121108/john-lajba-views-mockup-process.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=92&webp=85&w=1500&ssl=1)
Winged Refuge Sculpture at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, by artist John Lajba.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.
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Winged Refuge Sculpture at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, by artist John Lajba.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.
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Winged Refuge Sculpture at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, by artist John Lajba.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.
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Winged Refuge Sculpture at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, by artist John Lajba.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.
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Winged Refuge Sculpture at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, by artist John Lajba.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.