Toby
Made from vibrantly painted steel accentuated with an intensified light source, artists Ty Augsburger, Eric Gustafson, Ezequiel Leoni and Joseph O'Connell of Creative Machines created 'Toby'- the half lion, half eagle griffin.
Art Form: Sculpture
Location: Downtown
Collection(s): City of Tucson
Funding: Rio Nuevo
Artist(s): Ty Augsburger, Eric Gustafson, Ezequiel Leoni, Joseph O'Connell (Creative Machines)
Ty Augsburger, Eric Gustafson, Ezequiel Leoni, Joseph O’Connell (Creative Machines), Toby, 2010.
Set at the end of a path of cast footprints in the sidewalk, 'Toby' the griffin sits perched upon a pedestal with a light beaming from their chest. Artists Ty Augsburger, Eric Gustafson, Ezequiel Leoni and Joseph O'Connell of Creative Machines constructed the sculpture from vibrantly painted steel.
Address: Scott Ave. at Ochoa, south of Broadway
