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Sculptor Luke Stalker-Switzer works on his largest piece to date during the gallery opening of Meikle Studios on Friday, March 11

Mar. 16, 2016 9:00 a.m.
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Sculptor Luke Stalker-Switzer works on his largest piece to date during the gallery opening of Meikle Studios on Friday

Sculptor Luke Stalker-Switzer works on his largest piece to date during the gallery opening of Meikle Studios on Friday, March 11. It has taken two years and three rebuilds for Stalker-Switzer to reach this point of the sculpture.

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