Allstar Inc., a construction company based in Richland, will be securing 12 stainless steel Chinook salmon to a median strip in Kennewick, Washington, USA. Allstar is also placing rock, shrubs and trees in the median that will appear to be a stream bed. The fish will be “swimming” upstream in four groups. The salmon silhouettes are being crafted by Benton City artist Tom McClelland. Each 2ft long fish was cut from 3/8in stainless steel and custom bent to depict a salmon in motion. Mr McClelland added the appearance of scales by grinding the metal and burnishing the surface until he obtained the desired reflection and visual texture. Mr McClelland said he drew the designs and had Metalfab, a company in West Richland, transfer them to large sheets of stainless steel. Another company in Othello cut out the silhouettes using a computer-assisted-design plasma cutter. Metalfab then used a large metal press to reshape the flat forms into swimming salmon silhouettes. Then, metal disk grinder in hand, Mr McClelland began “drawing” on the fish as if he were sketching in their scales with a pencil on paper, working layer upon layer. The final sculpture will consist of the dozen salmon arranged along the rock stream, mounted on stainless steel poles planted in 3ft deep concrete bases. The individual fish will be close to the rocks, going no more than 3ft high. The project cost for the sculpture was USD 10,000.