Once again Joachim anticipated the needs of the project.

He contacted Alexis "Morgy" Contant, an artist highly skilled in welding and concrete work, to weld a sturdy base and set the carving in concrete. Blondie and Claude Jeffers joined the installation crew.

The location I settled on was one that many community members had recommended as being both prominent and protected: only a few feet from where the piece was carved, on a high point of land where its silhouette could be clearly seen from the main street.