A 25-foot silhouette of a man, an installment of public art in the Columbia area, looks out over North Main Street. The Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties dedicated the pieces, developed by art students at Eau Claire High School. The woman who created the design, Michelle Gay, now a first year tailoring student at Denmark Technical School, said it looked just like she'd imagined it would. The sculpture was named "The Guardian." Originally, it was to go on a pedestal in front of the newly restored Eau Claire Town Hall. But some residents questioned the wisdom of putting a large piece of modern art in front of a graceful, turn-of-the-century building.  So the statue was placed instead on a prominent corner at Hyatt Park, where is it visible from North Main & Monticello Rd. Lancaster sculptor Robert C. Doster worked with the students on the project, which was done with the help of a $5,000 grant from The State Newspaper & Chatham Steel contributed the steel for the project. Of seven sculptures produced for the cultural councils's "Sculpture in Public Places" project, three have involved high school students. This allows young people to "leave a legacy" within their communities.