Tuesday, August 08, 2000

Pig Parade: I Squeal. You Squeal. We All Squeal for Ice Cream.

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Pig and kid chill in ice cream swirls

By Owen Findsen
The Cincinnati Enquirer

        This is 101st in a series spotlighting pigs from the Big Pig Gig Public Art Project taking place in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. Find past pig profiles and event details at Cincinnati.com/bigpiggig

        Making a pig is easy compared to making a child. That's what Heather Bollen discovered when she decided to put a kid atop the Indian Hill Middle School pig.

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        Artists: Indian Hill Middle School students. Heather Bollen, art teacher. Design by student Carly Hagins.

        Sponsor: United Dairy Farmers.

        This pig's pen: Lobby, Main Library, downtown.

        What's the pig idea? Swirls of ice cream scoops are painted over the pig. A little kid holding a triple scoop ice cream cone is sliding down the back of the pig.

        You were inspired by: Vincent Van Gogh's “Starry Night.”

        You want people to look at this pig and think: About having fun eating ice cream.

        Completing the project took: 2¹/₂ months, three to five hours after school each day.

        What's the matter? Acrylic house paint.

        Your high on the hog was: Seeing the pig come to life. Seeing the kid come to life.

        Pig peeve: Creating a life-size, 3-year-old child was more difficult than I expected. Heavier, too.

        Best pig tale: When the child was finished, a student ran in and said “Ms. Bollen, there's a kid playing on our pig! Should I tell him to get off?”

        What do you call this pig: Yummie Piggie.

        The materials cost: $1,000.

       

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