Derailment art

The Enquirer-Journal (and The Waxhaw Exchange before it) had an article detailing the preliminary steps in creating some derailment art by none other than the metal sculpture guy, Tom Risser. I imagine he'd be the obvious selection to create something beautiful from the wreckage.

Sherri Phengchard has the story:

It definitely looked like a train wreck, but resident John Cannamela, who lives in Magnolia Ridge, during a conversation with Mayor Daune Gardner, had an idea to creatively mold the train derailment’s destruction into something beautiful.

“I said to the mayor, ‘Why don’t you have the metal sculpture guy, who has metal sculptures all over town, make one from the train wreck?’ She said ‘I’m going to make that happen and ask,’” Cannamela said.

Gardner contacted Tom Risser, a local artist, who said he would be interested in doing the piece. She also contacted CSX who helped them contact the company that collects the scrap.

Tom's now collected enough scraps and is looking for a good idea. If you've got a good one, let him know.