Central Catholic High School Bronze Sculpture

New Guild Studio was commissioned in 2015 by Brother Robert Schaefer, FSC, principal of Pittsburgh's Central Catholic High School, to design a bronze sculpture for the courtyard of their new STEM Building. The theme of the piece was to be based on Saint John Baptiste de la Salle, the patron Saint of teachers.

To start the project, a number of conceptual renderings were done by David Korns, with the approved one being shown. The other renderings showed multiple students but in the end, the choice was to have just one seated student with St John Baptiste de la Salle. From this point, David starts to do more detailed drawings.