Stop 20 – Self-made Man bronze statue

Middleton WI 53562

A statue of a shirtless figure holding a hammer, depicted as emerging from a large rock, surrounded by smaller rocks, with a backdrop of trees, grass, and partly cloudy sky.

A bronze statue of a man holding an object aloft stands on a pile of rocks in a landscaped roundabout, with a stop sign, street intersection, and cloudy sky in the background.

About

Medium: Bronze statue

Artist: Bobbie Carlyle

Location: Within the median at Deming Way and Airport Road (head west on Airport Road and the turn for Deming Way is on your left; OR follow Deming Way all the way to the Airport Road intersection)

Artist description: “A man carving himself out of stone, carving his character and carving his future.” This sculpture was donated to the City of Middleton in 2010 by real estate developer Bob Blettner.

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