Liberty Wept is standing on her plinth on the Olympia waterfront boardwalk — and she needs you.
The Percival Plinth Project is a year-long public art installation featuring 14 sculptures displayed throughout Olympia, WA. Throughout the month of July, the public votes for their favorites, and the sculpture that earns the most votes wins the People’s Prize: permanent placement in Olympia, with the city purchasing the work.
I would love for that sculpture to be Liberty Wept.
How voting works:
You can vote for up to 5 sculptures, ranked in order of preference. There are 14 remarkable pieces in this exhibition and they are genuinely worth your attention, but if a 6’3″ weeping Statue of Liberty forged from reclaimed chains, wrenches, and industrial steel moves you, I hope you’ll put her first.
Go see her in person if you can!
I say this not just as the artist but as someone who has watched people encounter her in a room. Photos do not do her justice. Her impressive size. Her grief towering over you. She’s quite remarkable! Standing next to her on the Olympia waterfront boardwalk, with the water behind her and the sky above her, she is something else entirely. If you’re anywhere near Olympia, she is worth the trip, as are the other 13 sculptures on display there.
Can’t make it to Olympia?
No problem! You can view photos and details of all 14 sculptures in the exhibition online, then follow the link to cast your vote:
👉 Vote for your favorites at the Percival Plinth Project website
Liberty Wept was made in Portland, in a shared makerspace, by someone who picked up a welder for the first time at age 54. She is standing in Olympia’s weather, holding her ground, doing what she was made to do. She is an elegy, a protest, and a love letter all at once. She weeps because sometimes that’s the only genuine response.
Liberty Wept deserves a permanent home where the public can contemplate her meaning and be reminded that our liberty—our freedom—is currently in peril.
Voting ends July 31, 2026, so don’t delay!
Thank you for your support — it means everything. 🖤
Christine Rose 
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