Malia Lazu sits near a portion of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A hand from The Embrace is seen at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A hand from The Embrace is seen at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A hand from The Embrace is seen at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A hand from The Embrace is seen at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A hand and other pieces of The Embrace are seen at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A portion of The Embrace is seen at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Bronze pieces of The Embrace await final assembly at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Bronze pieces of The Embrace await final assembly at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Bronze pieces of The Embrace await final assembly at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Portions of The Embrace await final assembly at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Wax molds for various projects are seen at the Walla Walla Foundry, where The Embrace is being fabricated, in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Matt Ryle of the Walla Walla Foundry leads a tour of Boston visitors at the foundry, where The Embrace is being fabricated, in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A worker prepares a cage containing ceramic casts at the Walla Walla Foundry, where The Embrace is being fabricated, in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Worker prepare a cage containing ceramic casts that will be filled with liquid bronze at the Walla Walla Foundry, where The Embrace is being fabricated, in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Workers pour liquid bronze into a cage containing ceramic casts at the Walla Walla Foundry, where The Embrace is being fabricated, in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Workers pour liquid bronze into a cage containing ceramic casts at the Walla Walla Foundry, where The Embrace is being fabricated, in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Workers pour liquid bronze into a cage containing ceramic casts at the Walla Walla Foundry, where The Embrace is being fabricated, in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Malia Lazu reacts to seeing portions of The Embrace for the first time at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Gregory Ball and Malia Lazu react to The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Visitors from Boston look at portions of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Duncan Remage-Healey holds his finger next to a portion of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A cast of The Embrace is seen at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Karin Goodfellow looks at a portion of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Karin Goodfellow looks at a portion of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Gregory Ball and Imari Paris Jeffries prepare to take a selfie with portions of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A group visiting from Boston, including King Boston, poses for a photo near a portion of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Fabricators working on The Embrace (L-R) Roberto Morales, Javier Zagal, and Manuel Meza stand near portions of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Manuel Meza welds bronze pieces of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Manuel Meza welds bronze pieces of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Manuel Meza welds bronze pieces of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.A detail of a hand from The Embrace is seen during fabrication at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Javier Zagal smooths portions of The Embrace during the fabrication process at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.King Boston’s executive director Imari Paris Jeffries and co-chair Reverend Jeffrey Brown sign their names to the inner support structure of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.King Boston’s executive director Imari Paris Jeffries signs next to the signature of co-chair Reverend Jeffrey Brown the inner support structure of The Embrace at the Walla Walla Foundry in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Sam Giarratini speaks of behalf of Hank Willis Thomas, who was unable to attend his artist talk discussing The Embrace, at Foundry Vineyards in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.Sam Giarratini speaks of behalf of Hank Willis Thomas, who was unable to attend his artist talk discussing The Embrace, at Foundry Vineyards in Walla Walla, Washington on July 20, 2022. King Boston commissioned the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, which was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and is currently being fabricated at the Walla Walla Foundry.
