"The Vigil" Deer Sculpture

Towering 8 feet tall stands “The Vigil,” a mysterious metal sculpture in a tucked away corner of Lake Herrick. This mythical deer was created by two UGA students named Sam Weaver and Ryan Woods. Both enrolled in Lamar Dodd’s “Construction in Metal” course in the Fall of 2014, not knowing each other. After seeing that their skills would mutually benefit each other, Weaver being fluent in the works of welding and Woods carrying the passion of art, both paired up for the final project. The animal inspiration came from a pile of scraps outside of the metal studio. Woods spotted an old motorcycle gas tank in the pile and thought it looked like a deer head, so they sculpted around that! 6 years after the students ventured out into the muddy lake making the installment, the silent and steadfast deer still stands.

Check out the a full interview with the artists here: https://bit.ly/3pgVAFJ

Look at the sculpture from different angles. How does it change the perspective of the deer? Are more sections of the sculpture more defined than others in certain angled views?