Clay and Steel in the media

Bay Bridge Series Trophy

The Bay Bridge Series was a local rivalry between our two most prestigious baseball teams. Put on by NBC Sports, the winner of a series of games would be awarded a trophy made of steel from The Old Bay Bridge. The steel was preserved and gifted to us by CalTrans. I worked with a fellow blacksmith and the team at Scientific Art Studios (they did the giant Coke bottle at Giants Stadium) to help make the trophy. NBC Sports has an excellent video here: “About The Tom Pellack Memorial Bridge Trophy” (the trophy was renamed recently to honor a co-worker)

I was tasked with turning the artist’s concept sketch into a workshop ready blueprint for the trophy, as well as forging out the troll that is hidden within the truss structure. The hidden troll is a reference to the famous series of metal sculptures welded to both the old and the new eastern span of the bridge.

More about the sculpture

https://www.thecrucible.org/bay-bridge-series/

photo credits: Paul Chinn/The Chronicle, The Crucible, NBC Sports