Bill Rutherford Studio

About Bill Rutherford Studio

Sculptures of Historic and

Significant Architecture

Rutherford’s buildings recapture the spirit of a family home or business, or preserve in a small way a property whose fate was a wrecking ball.  Dodging bulldozers, he even measured the landmark Civic Theater in west Wichita and the Second Empire grain mill in Hays, Kansas, as they were being destroyed.

The architectural works have been rendered in scales ranging from 1/4 inch to the foot to the popular 1/2 inch to the foot with some of the larger works  featuring interiors.  Rutherford uses information at hand to create his sculptures, working from photography, measurements and architectural drawings.

Each work is constructed of brass and copper foil which Rutherford embosses to represent building materials in the prototype - from brick or clapboard, shingles or red tile roofing, which is then joined to a bronze framework. Once details are added to complete the work, it is mounted on a fine wood base.

Rutherford’s architectural sculptures and his comments on the role of the artist in historic preservation have been the subject of a feature article in “Historic Preservation” magazine.  He may be reached at:

(316) 832-9544

email:

wrutherford@cox.net