

Yet, if you’re not directly involved in the business of large-scale art, you’ve probably never heard of the place. The work it has produced has been exhibited, collected, and installed around the world, from MoMA and Central Park to the Palace of Versailles and the Venice Biennale. Dine has called it an “extension of the artist’s hand.” The sculptor Deborah Butterfield likens the foundry to “a chocolate factory for artists where pretty much anything you can think of can be made.” Mr. While Walla Walla Valley has become known as a wine destination, many of the world’s leading contemporary artists know it as the home of this fine-art playground - one that has engendered relationships as intimate as they are professional.
