SHEBOYGAN – Two concrete cow statues, not lions, stand in front of Marie Hetzel’s home near Lake Michigan. Hetzel has always noticed lion statues, feeling they resemble European art and have a regal, ...

Marie Hetzel cast two plinths (bases) for the cow statues to lay atop. Each required 7.5 60-lb bags of concrete and two dozen bricks to reduce the need and cost of more concrete.

MICHIGAN CITY – Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my! And alligators, elephants and giraffes. Say what? Throw in rabbits, bulldogs, gnomes, tiki heads, gargoyles, owls and armadillos not to mention ...

Iwas never enamored of lawn statuary of any kind until I visited a friend in her garden, where a small concrete rabbit was sitting on a corner of the patio, looking as if it had wandered in from the ...

The cow statue project was Marie Hetzel's first foray into sculpting and casting. The project was time-intensive, like waiting a day to apply each of 28 layers of liquid latex rubber to the cow model.