Dawn of Glory Sculpture

Artist Joe Cipri
Statue of a lady holding a sword
Dawn of Glory

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Joe Cipri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This 20-foot tall sculpture was created in two pieces because it was too tall to fit inside artist Joe Cipri’s studio! Cipri, a Colorado native, worked on the top and bottom separately before taking both pieces outside to be welded together and delivered to Black Hawk. The sculpture was quite a sight being driven on a 35-foot flatbed trailer through the winding mountain roads. As a Vietnam veteran, Joe was honored that his towering work would be seated between the American and Colorado flags.

“The City of Black Hawk made us proud,” Cipri said. Joe learned sculpting from his uncle and through his own experimentation. He didn’t expect his hobby to become another career but finds great pride in creating inspirational pieces like the "Dawn of Glory."