I've seen the exact same "clothes pin" sculpture in Richmond, Va., John... It used to sit in front of one of Richmond's waelthier families that supported the arts...

I'd love to see the silo piece... Sound like whoever did it and I would have a few things to talk about...

The sculptor, Joe Seipel, who I was friends with at VCU art school (where I got my 2nd degree from in fine art) was into metal sculpture and the bigger and heavier the better... He had one that he did as a joke... It was called the "Enviro-Plug" and it was just this industrial looking thing that if you can imagine a creek bed could be lowered in to make an immediate dam... As part of the piece he entered it in an industrial trade show, accompanied by fake sales people and a glossy brochure... To spice it up he had several of his friends outside the trade show picketing the "Enviro-Plug"... He gives a one hour slide presentation of the entire piece and subsequent experience at the trade show... Well worth the price of admission... lol...

B~