A new monument is under construction right here in the beehive state. Now, this first of a kind is possibly the largest in the western United States. >> Yeah, in a story you'll only see right here on KSL News specialist Aaron Cox spoke to the sculptor there about his vision for the project. >> Among the sculptures lining his house, you'll find the sculptor himself touching up a model. >> It's based upon geometric solids and how they move in and out of space. >> Sabin Howard at 62 years old >> It took 42 years to get here. >> is in his prime. >> only developing your skills, you're also developing your ability to tell a story through like visual narrative. >> And the story he's telling >> What I'm basically doing is I'm manifesting a universe. >> has never been told like this before. >> I don't think there's another place in the country that could manage a sculpture of this magnitude or meaning except Utah. >> Sabin is sculpting a 60-ft long, 36-ft tall bronze monument depicting America's history called the Grand Liberty Arch. >> It's a superhero's version of American history. >> The front depicting the birth of America, the Revolutionary War and Declaration of Independence. Walking through the arch, you'll see the Declaration of Independence and Constitution on the walls and an eternal flame. On the other side, westward expansion and the 20th century from World War I to space exploration. On the two ends, emancipation and the Civil War. A common symbol used in each relief, Lady Liberty. >> Lady Liberty cuz she that Liberty is is here, it's a symbol. There's another man up there who holds a shield cuz we must protect our freedom. >> There are 56 figurines, some will be 12-ft tall. One model holding the American flag is a veteran from Texas. Sabin says the veteran fought in two wars and just before coming back from Afghanistan, he stepped on an explosive and his leg was blown off. >> He has a tremendous amount of strength and courage. He's still going forward. So, we've been wounded, we've been injured, yet we still have the courage to proceed forward. >> The detail in expression, action, and symbolism. >> go look at a monument like that, that they're hit in the gut in a very visceral alchemical way. >> When he [music] was 19 years old, Sabin says he couldn't even draw. And yet, he determined to try. >> I'm going to [music] make art like Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael. >> More than 75,000 hours of sculpting, 40 or so years later, Sabin was commissioned to build the nation's World War I memorial in Washington, D.C. with 38 figures. Just to give you some perspective, Sabin says when he built this World War I monument model, it took him 6 months. This is going to be a larger monument, and it only took him 3 weeks. >> I operate with the assumption that someone has my back, and Christ and God and light and truth are what drive things forward. You cannot accomplish things of such magnitude if you do not have faith in something larger than yourself. >> Sabin's faith brought him to Utah. >> I was told, "Go make a monument for your country. Go make a monument to represent who we are and what our history is." Cuz there is no human commissioner here. It's my maker. >> His $55 million monument has been approved by the Capital Preservation Board and Governor Cox for a plot of land just above the Capitol Building. Sabin says he'll work with three or four other sculptors, two from Utah. >> This will show the world what's going on in Utah. >> Among the sculpting clay at his house, >> Nothing like this has ever happened, ever. >> he finds the creator sculpting an artist. >> God will show me how am I going to pull it off? One step at a time. >> Aaron Cox, KSL 5 News. >> Wow, what an incredible project there. Well, Howard has a 6-ft model of the monument that will be on display Independence Day weekend there in the capital rotunda you can go check out. He is still looking for a donor but continues moving forward. Howard plans to have the monument complete just in time for Utah to host the Winter Olympics in 2034.
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