Wojahn Builds Chair for the Twins

On July 2, 2013 the Twins invited me to be on the field when they presented a broken bat rocking chair to baseball immortality Mariano Rivera. Two months before the baseball team's ad agency Periscope had contacted me about building the project. I provided 2 designs and a team to complete this one of a kind retirement gift. In the end it was a dream job to art direct and co-design this special idea to the greatest baseball closer of all time. I hired custom builder chair Todd Stenson of Machine Scenic and Laser Engraver Robert Feyereisen to execute the job. Kristina Long of Periscope directed the commission. In all it was a great team to be part of and a cool project. Here are some picture of the rocking chair. 

(Photo by Periscope & shared with permission) (photo by Mark Wojahn)

The following sites covered this story:

http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/minnesota-twins-mariano-rivera-rocking-chair-broken-bats/194899

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-07-02/mariano-rivera-chair-broken-bats-minnesota-twins-retirement-tour-new-york-yankee

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_23588489/minnesota-twins-honor-yankees-closer-mariano-rivera

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1692360-minnesota-twins-present-mariano-rivera-with-chair-of-broken-dreams

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/the-twins-mariano-rivera-chairsbroken-bats/