Since August 26, I’ve been ensconced in an office in my husband’s new studio. Sabin and his team are sculpting the National WWI Memorial.
I have a life in the studio.
I’m the project manager. I’m also Human Resources and CFO of Sabin Howard Sculpture LLC.
There are plenty of non-glamorous, essential tasks in this job for which I roll up my sleeves and apply the grease of my elbows. I’m not just talking about sweeping the floor, emptying trash, and lugging around bronze sculptures, though I’ve done that, too.
I mean things like running payroll, signing checks, tracking hours spent on each figure… Project management is a first cousin to juggling. You know, 1000 balls in the air, and they’d all better stay afloat.
Along the way, I engage in more pleasurable activities–like writing articles. Here’s my latest on Medium, entitled, “The Many Faces of Sabin Howard’s National WWI Memorial.”
Given our interest in WWI, a friend took me to the DGA to see 1917 when it came out. Great movie! Highly recommended! I wrote a review.
I take photographs almost every day; our daughter put together a video for us. Her YouTube video shows us getting back to work after the holiday break.
And here’s a video that I put together. It’s a little rough but fun–it shows Sabin and his crew taking the memorial relief outside into daylight to see it out doors, the way visitors will see it once it’s installed in Pershing Park, Washington DC.
So I do find ways to exercise my own creativity on this journey alongside my husband.