Summary

A MINNESOTA MAN IS CARVING HIS WAY INTO HISTORY

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 195477
Story Slug Sculptor - Of - Giants
Location Odessa, MN
Format PKG
Date 11/17/2000
Archive Time 5:01
TRT 2:17
Supers Odessa, Minnesota Darold Bailey, Sculptor Jason Davis, Reporting
Video Description VO OF THE ON THE ROAD CAR PULLING INTO THE YARD, DAROLD WORKING ON A SCULPTURE, CU OF HIS FACE, CU OF HIS CHISEL, LOTS OF SHOTS OF HIS HANDS AND TOOLS, CU OF HIM CARVING WOOD AND STONE, MS OF HIM WORKING ON WOOD, POUNDING A PIECE OF STONE, WASHING THE STONE TO REVEAL GORGEOUS COLORS, MORE CARVING ON WOOD, HUGE EAGLE OF STONE, WASHING RED HUED STONE, HUGE BUFFALO HE CARVED FOR SOUTH DAKOTA, CU OF THE FACE, SOT WITH DAROLD, CARVING A RACE CAR, BASKET WEAVING BY HIS WIFE, HUGE BLOCKS OF WHITE STONE, CARVING THEM, STAND UP
Description A MINNESOTA MAN IS CARVING HIS WAY INTO HISTORY
Script THERE'S A HUGE BLOCK OF MARBLE SITTING IN THE YARD OF ONE MINNESOTA MAN RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A HUNK OF STONE, BUT AS JASON DAVIS TELLS US, IT IS DESTINED TO BECOME A WORK OF ART IT'S PROBABLY JUST AS WELL THAT DAROLD BAILEY LIVES AND WORKS ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE TINY WESTERN MINNESOTA TOWN OF ODESSA WHAT HE DOES IS NOISY, DIRTY, DUSTY AND VERY PHYSICAL BUT OUT OF THIS CRUDITY THIS CARPENTER TURNED ARTIST CREATES A WIDE VARIETY OF POWERFUL CARVINGS (SOT BAILEY I wanted to someday quit pounding nails and go into doing art Do you see a face coming out of this now?) DAROLD HAS UP TO HALF A DOZEN PROJECTS GOING AT THE SAME TIME HE FLITS FROM HIS SANDSTONE EAGLE TO A BUTTERNUT CARVING OF A VIKINGS FACE TO AN ALABASTER ROOSTER PHEASANT AS A WAY OF KEEPING HIS CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING (SOT I might be struggling with this Instead of banging my head against the wall the rest of the day it's better for me to go to another piece and work on that) DAROLD IS A THRIFTY ARTIST MANY OF HIS RAW MATERIALS ARE SALVAGED FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES THE EAGLE CAME OUT OF AN OLD LIMESTONE WINDOWSILL HE FOUND IN A LANDFILL HE ALSO GETS THE ALABASTER FOR NOTHING (SOT I pick it up where they are doing road construction out in the black hills) DAROLD'S LARGEST WORK TO DATE IS A TWELVE TON GRANITE BUFFALO THAT NOW OVERLOOKS THE SIOUX RIVER IN SOUTH DAKOTA HE SAYS PRODUCING SUCH A HUGE SCULPTURE GIVE HIM A SENSE OF IMMORTALITY (SOT I felt I made South Dakota history when I did that project Because it will be there way after I'm gone) CARVING A CAR FOR A LOCAL DEALER WONT MAKE HISTORY BUT IT WILL MAKE MONEY AND SO WILL THE BASKETS WOVEN BY DAROLDS WIFE PAULA CASH TO PAY THE BILLS AND SUBSIDIZE THE GREAT, GRAND AND SPECULATIVE PROJECTS LIKE THIS SIX TON PIECE OF WHITE MARBLE THAT HIDES A POLAR BEAR (SOT Maybe somebody from White bear lake will see this and come out and buy it from me) (SOT Darold bailey's polar bear will be finished in a few months and will sell for about fifty six thousand dollars He says it will make a unique and very permanent gift for someone Jason Davis Channel Five Eyewitness News 'On the Road' Odessa, Minnesota) 1800 FEED-DATE: 00NOV17 1800
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