Commissions
Josh: Overview verbiage about commissions work, such as…
We are award-winning sculptors who have been commissioned for a variety of work, ranging in scale from small plaques to monumental statues.
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover on a park bench, life-size bronze for Hoover Elementary, West Branch, Iowa, 2017
![Commission, Preliminary drawing Hoover on a park bench, Stephen Maxon, 2015](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/d-commission-preliminary-drawing-hoover-on-park-bench-stephen-maxon-2015.jpg)
![Commission armature for maquette Hoover on a park bench, aluminum, Stephen Maxon, 2016](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-armature-for-maquette-hoover-on-park-bench-aluminum-stephen-maxon-2016.jpg)
![Commission, Full size Hoover in clauy on bronze bench, Stephen Maxon, Doris Park](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-full-size-hoover-in-clay-on-bronze-bench-stephen-maxon-doris-park.jpg)
![Commission Full size Hoover in clay on Bronze Bench, Stephen Maxon, Doris Park](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-full-size-hoover-in-clay-on-bronze-bench-maxon-park.jpg)
![Commission Finished Maquette of Herbert Hoover, Stephen Maxon, 2016](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-finished-maquette-herbert-hoover-stephen-maxon-2016.jpg)
![Commission Herbert Hoover and dog, Flash with Stephen Maxon enjotubg a smile](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-herbert-hoover-dog-flash-and-stephen-maxon-smile-2017.jpg)
![Commission Herbert Hoover West Branch, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/commission-herbert-hoover-west-branch17-cropped-max-cast-890x1024.jpg)
Spanish Cannon
Bronze Spanish Cannon for Forest City Veterans. Replica of an 1867 canon captured in 1898 by Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay. The original was scrapped in WWII, 2013
![Finished Cannon with carriage, Forest City, Spanish Cannon replica, Max-Cast, 2013](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/finished-cannon-with-carriage-forest-city-spanish-cannon-replica-max-cast-2013.jpg)
![Replica Hardware of Spanish Cannon scrapped in WWII metal drive, Forest City, Iowa, bronze steel case iron, 2014](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/replica-hardware-of-spanish-cannon-scrapped-in-WWII-metal-drive-forest-city-iowa-bronze-steel-cast-iron-2014.jpg)
![Patterns for Shark and a Spanish Cannon, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/patterns-for-shark-and-a-spanish-cannon-max-cast.jpg)
Hayden Fry
University of Iowa | Coralville, Iowa
Life-size statue of Hayden Fry, legendary University of Iowa football coach for the City of Coralville, Iowa, 2017
![](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Doris-Newspaper-Figure-768x1024.jpg)
![Bust of Ding Darling, Doris Park for Ding Darling State Park, Brighton, Iowa, 2016](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Doris-working-art-05-27-2016-768x1024.jpg)
![Commission Checking Hayden Fry's waist shape, Stephen Maxon](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-hayden-frys-checking-waist-shape-maxon-2016.jpg)
![Commission Assembling Hayden Fry, checking chin to ball of the foot, Stephen Maxon, 2017](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-assembling-hayden-fry-checking-chin-to-ball-of-the-foot-2017.jpg)
![Commission City of Coralville, Iowa Hayden Fry](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-installation-hayden-fry-stephen-maxon-max-cast-2-1024x899.jpg)
![Commission, Hayden Fry inspecting Hayden Fry, 2017](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-hayden-fry-inspects-hayden-fry-2017.png)
Bill Riley
Client | Iowa Falls, Iowa
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![Commission Bill Riley statue, Iowa Falls, Iowa, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commissions-bill-riley-statue-iowa-falls-iowa-max-cast.jpg)
Colonel Issac White
Bronze life-size statue of Col. Isaac White, namesake of White County, Indiana, killed at the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Monticello, Indiana, 2015
![](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Doris-large-figure-05-2016-768x1024.jpg)
![](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Doris-Stephen-lifesize-figure-clay-07-2015-1024x768.jpg)
![Commission Colonel Issac White, clay maquette, Stephen Maxon, 2015](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-colonel-issac-white-maquette-clay-stephen-maxon-2015.jpg)
![Doris Park, Stephen Maxon Statue](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Doris-Max-Statue-2015-768x1024.jpg)
![commission Installing Colonel Issac White, 2015](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commissions-installing-colonel-isaac-white-statue-2015.jpg)
DeWitt Streetscape
![Commission, One of Two Identical Streetscape sculptures, DeWitt, Iowa, 2010](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commissions-one-of-two-identical-streetscape-sculptures-DeWitt-iowa-2010.jpg)
![Commissions Bronze maquettes for Street Sculptures in DeWitt Iowa after John Bloom's WPA post office mural](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commissions-bronze-maquettes-for-street-sculptures-dewitt-iowa-after-john-blooms-WPA-post-office-mural.jpg)
![Commission DeWitt, Iowa Screetscape sculptures dogs welded, Doris Park, 2010](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-dewitt-streetscape-sculptures-dogs-welded-doris-park-2010.jpg)
![](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-dewitt-streetscape-first-set-max-cast-2010-1024x848.jpg)
City of Literature
![Commission Northside neighborhood, Iowa City, Iowa, City of Literature project, bronze street grate, Stephen Maxon](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-northside-neighborhood-iowa-city-iowa-city-of-literature-project-bronze-street-grate-3ft-x-4ft-stephen-maxon.jpg)
![Commission Literary Lamppost ribbons, Iowa City, Iowa, bronze, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-literary-lamppost-ribbons-iowa-city-bronze-497x1024.jpg)
Jay Darling
![Commission Bust Ding Darling State Park](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/commission-bust-ding-darling-state-park-brighton-iowa-doris-park-2016-1024x951.jpg)
![Patina Ding Darling Bust, Lake Darling State Park, Brighton, Iowa, Doris Park, Max-Cast](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/patina-ding-darling-bust-lake-darling-state-park-brighton-iowa-doris-park-max-cast-1024x892.jpg)
Other work
![Assault on the Castle of Love Treasure Chest after Forrest Fenn](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commission-assault-on-the-castle-of-love-treasure-chest-after-forrest-fenn-stephen-maxon-2018.jpg)
![Commission The History of the News Press, Citizen building, Iowa City, Iowa, Aluminum reliefs modeled after original on old building](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/commissions-the-history-of-news-press-citizen-building-iowa-city-iowa-aluminum-reliefs-modeled-after-original-on-their-old-building.jpg)
![Commission Herbert Hoover maquette fleshed out clay, aluminum, commission, 2016](https://max-cast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/commission-herbert-hoover-maquette-fleshed-out-clay-aluminum-2016.jpg)