CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, March 23, 1984
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Film chronicles KU's 'Moses'
By HOLLIE MARKLAND
Staff Reporter
His almond eyes stare from a solemn face 10 feet up. Thick strands of bronze hair drop to his shoulders. Through the open framework of his body wound from a lattice a bronze rope, the stained glass of Smith Hall glints red, yellow, green, blue.
Elden C. Teftt's "Moses" has knelt in front of the Kansas School of Religion since April 1982. Before tefft, KU professor of art, claimed that he sculpted for his sculpture, he was destined to wander.
FOR YEARS, Tefft meandered through Mexico, Taiwan, the Philippines and Europe, visiting small family-owned workshops to learn how to create casting technique he used to sculpt "Moses."
To document this technique, a former trade secret called the lost wax process, Tefft and Tracy Brady, Cimarron senior, are crafting a skin shot during the 15-year creation of "Moses."
"Most people have no idea how much time and effort it takes to create a piece of art," said Tefft. "I just want students to get an idea of what sculpting is like."
"Moses — The Creation of a Heroic Sculpture" shows step by step the entire process of how a bronze sculpture is made using the lost wax technique. Technicians and script writers from Centron Corp. Inc. volunteered to edit the manuscript of the narrative: Tefft is financing the $4,000 fld.
IN FINAL FORM, the film will be about 30 minutes long. Teftt said he hoped the film would be finished within one year. He said that he planned to use the film as a teaching aid during a batsical in Taiwan in the fall of 1985 or the spring of 1986.
"I want to spread the knowledge," said Tefft. Brady said that working on the film had taught her about the technical knowledge and personal devotion that a scultor must have to create.
"Being a sculptor isn't just whipping something out," said Brady.
Brady, who is not an art major, became interested in the film during a sculpture class she took from Tefft. Brady said that now she knows that she plays the guitar, she is thinking about the film
"SCULPTURE IS NOT just a game or a hobby. It takes time without pay that you can't justify to you. It's something you just have to care about." she said.
Tefft said the revival of the lost wax technique of bronze casting was important to sculpture because it allowed the artist to stay in direct contact with his work. Tefft explained that the techniques used for bronze casting are creation, from the inception of the work to the final touchups of sculptural detail.
"Casting becomes part of the creation rather than simple reproduction." "Tefft said.
Larry Funk/KANSAN
A bronze statue of Moses kneels solemnly in front of Smith Hall on KU's campus. Elden Teftt, the sculptor and a KU professor of art, is preparing a 30-minute film that documents the rare technique that he used to construct his work.
By ROB KARWATH Staff Reporter
TOPEKA — A bill that would lower some cars and trucks that have been jacked up with body lift kits or over-sized tires raised the tempers of a few owners of such vehicles at a Senate hearing yesterday.
Bill to limit vehicles' height draws criticism from owners
Under the bill, the lowest part of a car or truck weighing less than six tons could not be more than 24 inches off the ground.
About 30 opponents of the bill showed up at the meeting of the Senate Transportation and Utilities Committees, their raised vehicles near the Capitol
SUPPORTERS OF THE bill, approved overwhelmingly by the House earlier this month, said the measure would allow high-risk cars and trucks were dangerous.
The bill's sponsor, Rep. James Lowher, R-Emporia, said he drafted the bill because some of his constituent members called calls with high-rise cars and trucks.
“One lady said she had a near-miss with one of the trucks,” he said. “She told me that had she been hit, the windshield was broken enough the windshield and hit her head.”
Lother than the headlights on the trucks could blind other drivers because they were on.
Lifting cars and trucks for show has become popular recently, he said. But the practice is getting out of hand when bumpers are higher than the hood or
one trunk of a conventional car, he said. "It seems like the game is to see how well you can navigate."
LARRY MOGGE, a wheelbist for the Kansas Four-Wheel/Drive Association, said that high-rise cars and trucks were not just for show.
"This is a predominantly rural state, and there are weather considerations," he said. "There is a functional purpose for these articles. They are not just playthings."
Mogge and two owners of car shops that specialize in lifting cars spoken out against the company.
RICK BRICKEI, owner of High Rollers, a Topea four-wheel drive shop, said that vehicles left his shop riding higher but safer than when they entered because their suspension was better.
State Rep. Harold Guldner, R-Syracuse, said that 24 inches might be too low and a maximum height of 36 inches would be more reasonable. He also said the bill might be amended to read "any altered vehicle." specifying that no vehicles with a front or regulate vehicles that had been lifted and not those built high for a purpose.
Mogge said the height bill would be unacceptable if 24 inches remained the maximum height. Almost all high-rise vehicles would be outlawed under this rule. Setting the maximum at 36 or 38 inches would still allow most high-rise enthusiasts to practice their sport he said.
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