Michael Updike poses with his sculpture made of mussel shells on the lawn outside his apartment in Newburyport.
(Boston Globe Photo / Lisa Poole)
Mussel Man makes a statement - for now
Michael Updike poses with his sculpture made of mussel shells on the lawn outside his apartment in Newburyport.
(Boston Globe Photo / Lisa Poole)
NEWBURYPORT - There's Atlas. There's Sisyphus. And now there's Mussel Man. He's made of mussel shells collected from the beaches of Plum Island and attached to a skeleton of wood and foam. He'd be 8 feet tall if he stood up straight, but he's putting his back into his work, pushing a lawnmower made of cement. (Full article: 452 words)
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