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Sculptor searching for aluminum canoes

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You might associate the name Chris Fennell with the giant wooden wave outside the Tennessee Aquarium because, well, he built it.

Now he’s building another one and needs help.

The former flight simulator engineer turned public artist is searching for 80 aluminum canoes to build a wave similar to the aquarium’s in Lewiston, Idaho. He said he already has 20 canoes and is willing to pay $250 for each of the additional canoes he needs.

And the canoes don’t have to be from the Scenic City.

“Basically I go where the (canoes) are,” he said.