What started as a way to pass the time throughout a long hospital stay during the pandemic has become a true passion for a local man.
Georgetown’s William Lachuta Jr. has now made almost 60 sculptures out of cardboard, with many of them decorating the Bennett Centre, where he lives.
From movie characters and animals to trains, planes and automobiles, the 78-year-old has made it all, with some large-scale projects taking dozens of hours to complete.
“It’s a challenge, but I really like making them,” he said. “I look for things that kids will like. It’s nice to make something that people can enjoy.”
Lachuta started crafting with cardboard while he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for over six months.
Since then, the local resident has given away over half of his sculptures as gifts to local organizations and Bennett Centre staff, and he’s even earned a bit of money selling his creations - funds that he puts toward supplies like paint and glue for his next project.
Local residents will have most recently seen Lachuta’s sculptures on display at the Georgetown Fall Fair, and he plans to take some to the upcoming Acton Fall Fair as well.
