library sign originates beach sea shells beach brick volcanic pumice time new homer public library sign installed month represent town’s hallmark coastal beauty contain it
the sign commissioned city homer local artist brad hughes nearing completion outside workshop hughes’ home sign weighs 3000 pounds literally hundreds pounds beach materials ground grains sand fine shell shards tiny stones reinforced steel plating rebar structure 500 years hughes said
“you colors i beach bricks – orange rocks beach beneath coal seams white shells black coal mix like paint cementâ€ hughes explained gesturing materials graded sizes buckets shop