Keeping Portland Weird is a photograph by Jon Burch Photography which was uploaded on February 21st, 2016.
Keeping Portland Weird
A 24-foot tall, handcrafted cuckoo clock, recognized as the largest free-standing cuckoo clock in North America, looms over the south atrium between... more
Title
Keeping Portland Weird
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture
Description
A 24-foot tall, handcrafted cuckoo clock, recognized as the largest free-standing cuckoo clock in North America, looms over the south atrium between the A, B and C concourses at the Portland airport.
The fully functioning clock features local icons like Mount Hood, the Fremont Bridge and the "Portlandia statue all carved with a chainsaw and mostly from a single Oregon maple tree. Other Portland-centric imagery on the clock included roses, beer, salmon, cyclists, a lumberjack and that rarest of all Northwest residents, Sasquatch. The cuckoo, which is actually a rooster, emerged from Mount Hood on the hour.
The giant clock was handmade in Oregon and assembled in Portland as part of Travel Portland's "Portland is Happening Now" campaign. It recently visited Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., before it was transported to the airport to be on display for three months. Featuring icons from Portland's growing legend, the clock was handcrafted by Portlander Nicolas Gros, a sculptor and mechanical designer and chainsaw-sculptor J. Chester Armstrong of Sisters, Oregon. The body of the clock was carved from a single piece of Oregon Maple. The designers spent six-months to complete the piece which is nearly 10-feet wide at its base and weighs three tons. Details in the sculpture honor Oregon legends, from Portlandia and Bigfoot at the base, to bike commuters and craft brewers at the peak. Hand-painted images celebrating Powells Books, Stumptown Coffee and VooDoo Doughnuts, among other local attractions, dance around the clock face. The giant clock will remain on display at the Portland airport until winter of 2016.
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Image copyright 2016 Jon Burch Photography all rights reserved.
Uploaded
February 21st, 2016
