The Point
 

January, 2025- The City of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, commissioned an artwork, The Point, that was erected in 2021. Made from Cor-Ten steel, bronze and stainless steel, the sculpture was designed by BOLESLAW KOCHANOWSKI and built by the Kochanowski team: Boleslaw and sons, Vincent, August and Valerius. Boleslaw Kochanowski learned blacksmithing while working on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacic Railroad, where he also learned mechanical and technical drafting. His father was a blacksmith in Poland, who apprenticed under his great uncle. His father later became the head blacksmith for the Chicago Transit Authority. “We are craftsmen and we are artists,” Kochanowski says.