Crazy Horse's stone face

In 1987, when sculptor Ruth Ziolkowski - a descendant of Polish sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski - arrived here, Crazy Horse's 'face' was just a rugged, over twenty meter tall cliff. and emotionless.

Crazy Horse Memorial is a non-profit cultural and educational humanitarian project honoring indigenous Americans living in North America to set three goals: rock carving, building of the British Museum and building schools. North American University of North America.

The legendary sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski - who initiated the project and called for charity from charitable funds - chose the iconic national hero Crazy Horse as a source of creative inspiration for the majestic mountain carving work. After more than 10 years of hard work, Crazy Horse's face finally came out.

Upon completion, the Crazy Horse statue will be 170m high, 192m long and completely carved from the rock, in which Crazy Horse's face occupies a height of 26.7m.

1987 - Ruth Ziolkowski in front of the senseless cliff 21 meters high

April 1990 - complete the ' polishing ' part of the forehead

February 1991 - began to create eye sockets and nose

June 1991 - the big forehead went into the ' framework ', the right eye also gradually ' onto the picture '

August 1993 - The nose and eyelids became clear and the eyes were attached to fake pupils

July 1994 - creating contours of left cheeks with explosives

August 1996 - the step went down to the chin and lips

June 3, 1998 - opened ' Crazy Horse Face '

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