"Perseverance"

That is the name of this sculpture which I saw at the Vermont Welcome Center on the way to the convention. It is made from a metal band from an 1800's wagon wheel, and pieces of slate that came from a slate roof about the same time. It is a really interesting object to study, with the different textures, and the sensuous curves that bisect the circle. I spent a fair amount of time studying this, and then figuring how to photograph it. I elected to crop part of the sculpture out of the picture, because the picture is not just about the sculpture.