bronze
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Oyster Vase — see description at end of page
Marine Carbon Cycle Necklace
Plankton Necklace
Doliolid
Lorica of a Tintinnid
Triceratium
Coccolithophore
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University of Georgia President’s Medal –– awarded annually by the President
bronze
see description at end of page
Owens 50th Benchmark Medallion — College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, Athens. Fifty Benchmark Medallions presented 2020. Cast by Berntsen Company.
Flower Mural — copper and powder-coated copper
The Birth Center – Wake Forest Baptist Health Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
see description at end of page
recipients, Drs. Martine Barkats and Maria-Grazia Biferi
Institute of Myology U974 INSERM UMPC in Paris, France
Founders Memorial Garden Sundial, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 2015
— Heritage Garden Club and the Founders Memorial Garden, bronze and stainless steel
copper, brass, steel, cedar wood
see description at end of page
Descriptions of the Selected Commissions
Georgia Sea Grant and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Georgia Sea Grant’s Artists, Writers and Scholars Program supports artists, writers, and scholars to produce professional-quality art and literature that increases awareness of Georgia’s coastal and marine environments and improves understanding of Georgia’s coastal history. As a 2021 recipient, Barbara Mann designed and created eight pieces — Oyster Vase. Sterling silver, copper, brass, bronze, fossilized clam shell, mother of pearl, amethyst, diamonds, pearls. 8” x 3” x 3” / Marine Carbon Cycle Vase. Sterling silver, copper, bronze, brass, 18K, 14K gold, diamonds, fossil ammonite, gabbro, iron, topaz, opal, obsidian, quartz. 8” x 4” x 3”/ Plankton Necklace. Sterling silver, 18K, 14K gold, diamonds, opal. 16” x 2.5” x .25” / Marine Carbon Cycle Necklace: Sterling silver, 18K,14K gold, Marston Marble(fossil ammonite), lepidocrocite, pearl, diamonds, zircon, sapphire, rutilated quartz, turquoise, pyrite in quartz, trilobite, peridot, color change sphene. Four Plankton Wall Pieces (Doliolid. Copper, sterling silver, brass. 15” x 24” / Lorica of a Tintinnid. Copper, sterling silver, brass, bronze, pearls. 15” x18” / Triceratium. Copper, brass, bronze, sterling silver, Swiss Blue topaz. 15” x 15” / Coccolithophore. Sterling silver, bronze, brass. 12” x 12.” The objects are abstractions in metal, gems and fossils of marine organisms.
* Acknowledgement Statement: This project is supported by an institutional grant (NA18OAR4170084) to the Georgia Sea Grant College Program from the National Sea Grant Office under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Disclaimer Statement: All views, opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Georgia Sea Grant College Program or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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The University of Georgia President’s Medal — 2014 — awarded annually by the President of University of Georgia. The obverse includes the name, The President’s Medal; the Latin inscription, Universitatis Georgiæ as it appeared on the diplomas during the early years of the university; the Arch as the symbol of the University and the State of Georgia; and the year 1785 when the Charter of The University of Georgia as the first state-chartered university was approved. The two rosette-shaped seals, one on each end of Universitatis Georgiæ, represent the seals that were adhered to the early sheepskin diplomas. The seals were hand-cut, varied in size and color over the years, and were adhered to the diplomas. The raised semi-circular arc in the lower half of the medal is engraved with the recipient’s name and the year awarded. In the periphery of the reverse of the medallion are included The University of Georgia and Founders Day with two images of a Cherokee rose blossom in between. The Cherokee rose was adopted as the state flower in 1916. In the center of the medal are depictions of the Old College Building and the bronze statue of Abraham Baldwin, the first president of the University. Baldwin’s signature to the right of the sculpture is from the 1785 Charter. The lettering styles for the medal allude to the 1801 marble cornerstone of Old College, the first building at the University. bronze, 2.5″ diam.
The “Owens 50” Benchmark Medallion — 2020 — As part of the year-long celebration to mark 50 years since the establishment of the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design (originally, the School of Environmental Design), the CED honored fifty individuals who have shaped the College throughout its history. The award is named for the founding Dean, Hubert B. Owens. The stylized survey marker displays an abstraction of the Lumpkin House and the cobblestone circle in the University’s Founders Memorial Garden. 3-1/4″
Flower Mural, The Birth Center, Wake Forest Baptist Health Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. — 2020 — Fourteen blossoms fabricated in 22 gauge copper sheet and powder-coated in various colors; sizes vary, 8″ to 24″ (azalea, carnation, clematis, clematis, daffodil, dahlia, dogwood, magnolia, marigold, poppy, rose, zinnia, and two abstract blossoms)
The Pinnacle Award — 2001-2016 — The Pinnacle Society was established in 2000 to recognize those dedicated alumni and friends whose cumulative lifetime giving to the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia, totals $1 million or more. Barbara Mann designed and fabricated the twelve-inch tall sterling silver column which represents the Ionic order columns at the entrance of the business school. The surface of the column is etched with images and words related to the school and the business world. 17 sculptures made from 2001-2016. sterling silver, granite, brass, 4” x 4” x 12”
The Delta Prize for Global Understanding — 1999-2015 — The Delta Prize was established by Delta Airlines and The University of Georgia. It recognizes individuals or groups whose initiatives have helped promote world peace as well as globally significant efforts that provide opportunities for greater understanding among nations and cultures. The Prize includes a $10,000 cash grant and an original work of art designed and created by Barbara Mann and UGA Professor Emeritus Gary Noffke. Recipients include: President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter and The Carter Center, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, President Mikhail Gorbachev, Mrs. Sadako Ogata, President Vaclav Havel, Ambassador Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella, Ted Turner, Nelson Mandela , President Martti Ahtisaari, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, and The Honorable Lt. General Roméo A. Dallaire. The University and Delta Airlines discontinued the Award in 2015. The bronze portion was lost-wax-cast at Inferno Art Foundry, Inc., in Union City, Georgia; Barbara lost-wax-cast the silver medallion. sterling silver, bronze, titanium, 5” x 5” x 1” http://deltaprize.uga.edu/
Mobius Sculpture — 2001-2011 — The Manufacturer of the Year is awarded annually by the Governor of Georgia to three Georgia businesses each year for demonstrating outstanding corporate responsibility, economic impact on Georgia and workforce excellence. Designed and fabricated by Barbara Mann, the sculpture is a sterling silver Mobius strip (a continuous one-sided surface that can be formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one end 180 degrees and joining it to the other end), etched with images of various manufacturing processes and mounted on a carved Georgia marble base. 35 sculptures made from 2001-2011. sterling silver, marble, brass www.georgiamaw.org
Hope Sculpture — 2011, 2017 — Prize4Life is a non-profit organization (www.prize4life.org) dedicated to the discovery of treatments and a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. A $1 million ALS Biomarker Prize was awarded in 2011 to Dr. Seward Rutkove for his development of a technology to accurately and inexpensively measure the progression of ALS in patients.
In 2017, the French researchers, Dr. Martine Barkats and Dr. Maria-Grazia Biferi, of the Institute of Myology U974 INSERM UMPC in Paris, are the recipients. They have developed a gene therapy approach targeted at one of the most common known causes of inherited ALS.
Barbara Mann designed and created the presentation award which represents, in sterling silver, a healthy muscle bundle, set with red rubies representing healthy nerves. A bird perches on the top of the sculpture, with the words of Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope,” engraved (by Mike Annis of Classic Hand Engravings) along the sides of the muscle bundle.
Founders Memorial Garden Sundial — 2015 — This redux of the 1940 Sundial was commissioned from the Heritage Garden Club and the College of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, installed 2016. An article in the Georgia Magazine of 2018 told: “In the center of the Boxwood Garden stands a sundial, but sadly, it’s not the original. In the 1960s, the original Sundial was stolen. It was found almost 20 years later in the basement of an Atlanta home. After being returned to its original space in 2013, the Sundial was stolen again the next year. It has never been found, but an almost-exact-replica was cast by local metal sculptor, Barbara Mann, and rededicated in 2016 (Georgia Magazine Summer 2018, pp. 36-37). bronze, 10-1/4″ diam.
Summer Olympics Bollard — 1996 — This art bollard was commissioned by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. It presents to the viewers a close-up look at a Georgia pine tree and its community of creatures. The “tree trunk” was made of 30-gauge sheets of copper that were chased and repousséd, then nailed onto a supporting cedar log. The “tree trunk” is 36 inches in height, and 14 inches in diameter. The top surface is cut at an angle, in order to show the growth rings. All surfaces are richly textured with pine bark and representations of the many creatures that live on trees in the forest – beetles, moths, flies, spiders, caterpillars, butterflies, birds, lizards, tree-frogs, squirrels, mice and vines. In order to translate the softer copper-on-wood, the final bollard was lost-wax-cast in more durable bronze at Inferno Art Foundry, Inc., in Union City, Georgia. 36″ x 14” diam.
Office Suite Doors, Wittner Centre, St. Petersburg, Florida — 1978 — These, and two elevator doors, were commissioned by the architect for a suite of offices. The brass panels were etched by Barbara Mann. They depict historic maps of the Tampa Bay region and an array of subtropical plants that are native to the area.
John D. Kehoe Scholarship Medal — 1997-2012 — This award is given each year to the recipient of the John D. Kehoe Scholarship of The University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy. The medal was designed, fabricated and lost-wax-cast by Barbara Mann. The obverse side incorporates images from Cortona: John Kehoe’s marble sculpture, “Dove of Peace,” in the city park; the Etruscan lamp with the sixteen burners which is in the Museum of the Etruscan Academy in Cortona. The reverse side abstracts the halo from Fra Angelico’s 1433 “Annunciation of Cortona” in the Museo Diocesano. sterling silver, 2.5″ diam.
Distinguished Alumni Award Medal — University of Georgia — College of Environment and Design
brass, 2.5″ diam.
Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist Lecture Award Shoe — This sculpted shoe, by Professor Alex Murawski, is given to each year’s guest illustrator at the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art. To commemorate the phenomenal career of UGA alumnus, Jack Davis, this bronze-cast piece resembles the iconic shoes of many of Jack’s characters. Attached to the bottom of each year’s shoe is a replica of the business card of each artist. The shoe was lost-wax-cast in bronze at Inferno Art Foundry, Inc., in Union City, Georgia. The cards are etched by Barbara Mann. Visiting Artists: Ralph Steadman (1999); David Levine (2002); Gary Baseman (2003); Arnold Roth (2004); C.F. Payne (2005); Peter de Seve (2006); Mike Luckovich (2007); Steven Heller (2008); Sergio Aragones (2009); Mike Ramirez (2011); Joe Ciardiello (2012); Bill Mayer (2013); Steve Brodner (2014). sterling silver, 2″ x 3.5″
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