Possibly the world鈥檚 largest sculptured acoustic anvil 鈥� still to be decided by Guinness World Records 鈥� has found its new home outside the BC Farm Museum located in Fort Langley.
On Wednesday, March 13, George Third and Son employees delivered the anvil and carefully placed it outside the museum just beside the sign.
Syd Pickerell, member and volunteer of the museum, shared his gratitude with Rob Third, son of George, for organizing the delivery.
Moving the anvil was a spontaneous decision made last June, Pickerell said, when it had come up and Rob offered it to the museum.
鈥淚 [asked], 鈥榟ow we are going to get it out here, it鈥檚 14,000 lbs?鈥� And he said, 鈥榳e鈥檒l look after everything, don鈥檛 worry.鈥� And he did,鈥� Pickerell shared.
The anvil is hollow and made of steel, a solar panel, and some electrical components. When working, the anvil emits the faint sound of the ocean through the spiral sound hole.
It was designed by artist Maskull Lasserre in 2018 as part of an art display for Vancouver Biennale, which it resided in False Creek for two years before it was brought to Burnaby.
The anvil stands 25 feet long, 13 tall, and nine wide.
Lasserre titled the piece Acoustic Anvil: A Small Weight to Forge the Sea to represent the physical convergence of both real and imagined histories.
鈥淭he physical heft of an enormous anvil recalls the geometry of ship hulls and naval mooring bollards. Cut through the anvil鈥檚 outwardly solid core is a violin鈥檚 f-hole which transforms this familiar object into something more ambiguous,鈥� reads Lasserre鈥檚 website.
鈥淚t becomes a tool-turned-instrument where the rolling sound of the sea distinctively resonates from its solid mass.鈥�
Pickerell explained the anvil is also a symbol of early pioneer life, when everything was made on an anvil before welders, and said it fits in well at the farm museum.
鈥淭his anvil is a welcoming symbol out in front of our farm museum. We鈥檝e applied to Guinness World Records to classify it as 鈥榃orld鈥檚 Largest Sculptured Anvil鈥� and we hope lots of people come by to have their photo taken with it,鈥� he said.
Volunteers of the museum will begin sandblasting the anvil before painting it black. Pickerell said they will also install a plaque with some information on it and credit to the artist.
Pickerell and other volunteers thanked the nearby construction company for their donation of concrete to create the slab which the anvil rests on.
The BC Farm Museum is closed for the season, but will re-open on Monday, April 1, for its regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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