three the hard way, by artist Ruben Ochoa, 2009, is a sculpture made of galvanized metal fence poles, concrete foot postings, steel plate, nuts & bolts. It measures seven feet high by twelve wide and sixteen feet deep. The piece is a large three-dimensional sculpture. The piece begins with a narrow flat steel plate that lies on the floor. Three galvanized grey metal poles rise out of the plate about one foot straight up into their air, and then bend. The bent poles then rise in a forty-five-degree angle, but as they rise upward, they also begin to drastically move apart, like a large claw or rake. The poles rise several feet into the air, moving separately and wider apart in an equal manner. The poles crest at seven feet, then begin to curve downward. As they reach the floor again, the poles begin to curve slightly inward, back towards the steel plate. As they touch the ground, the three curved metal poles are each capped by concrete. The concrete caps are shaped like upside down cones. The concrete is gray with a rough, grainy texture. Under the concrete postings, there are a few inches of each of the metal poles jutting out from the bottom, touching the floor.