As a subcontractor for Paul Amaral, Powers fabricated the 9 feet tuft for Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's Venice biennial piece, "Lion's Tale", a gift Oldenburg and van Bruggen installed originally May–October, 1999, in Piazza San Marco outside Museo Correr, Venice, Italy (now at Musei Civici Veneziani in Venice).