I made each segment by wrapping sheets of clay around an oil drum wrapped with carpet under-felt and polythene. I made plaster moulds to stamp out the figures which I then stuck on to the clay with slip. I added a tug of war, hands pulling a rope, after doing the Escher stuff.
| | I inserted discs between the segments to disguise the fact that I couldn't get the men walking up the steps to match up perfectly. The whole column has a threaded steel rod running through it, with nuts on top of each disc, to keep it upright and safe. The man on top was made in bits and then assembled using Gripfill
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