Artist fights to save West Seattle sculpture from demolition

A local artist is working to save a West Seattle sculpture from being removed from where it has stood for over 20 years.
Don Fels built the Paragon sculpture at həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat in West Seattle in the early 2000s. Due to weathered and damaged materials on the sculpture, the city has plans to “deaccession,” or remove, the piece for public safety.
“I don’t want the sculpture to die because with it goes a huge amount of work, hope, research, thought, not to mention public money, that went into building this,” Fels said on Tuesday afternoon.
Made of steel, concrete, and old growth fir, the sculpture was built for the West Seattle Cultural Trail, a project led by artists Fels, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, and Joe Feddersen. Paragon is a replica of a halibut schooner inspired by the Native American people who worked and lived along the Duwamish River.
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