About the Design

Jen Urich used an innovative technique for this dinosaur.  First, it was coated with a light-sensitive liquid silver/gelatin-based emulsion. Using black & white medium and large format negatives, and a photographic enlarger, images were projected onto the fiberglass body. The technique is much like making a standard black & white print; it involves a similar 2-step chemical process (develop and fix).

Once set into the silver/gelatin emulsion, the images adhered to the fiberglass permanently. Once the emulsion had set and hardened, a coat of oil-based polyurethane was applied over the images.

All of the images used were photographed by Jen Urich in abandoned steel mills in and around the Pittsburgh region.

About the Sponsor

The W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund provides funding to hospitals, medical research institutions, colleges and universities, and cultural organizations.

Since 1950, Snyder family charitable organizations have provided funding to institutions in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania area.