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August 14, 2002: To-scale sketch of bottom bowl in truck
July 22, 2002: Allen's supports plans
June 21, 2002: Support sketches
June 14, 2002: Marin Ave. [Berkeley/Albany] fountain
June 12, 2002: Egeria firefall copper pendant
January 7, 2002: Oakland fountain of similar size and design
December 15, 2000: Fountain for sale at Urban Ore
November 29, 2000: More sketches of Egeria
November 20, 2000: Sketches of my first ideas.
November 9, 2000: Black cement

To-scale sketch of bottom bowl in truck
August 14, 2002
Did a quick sketch to make sure that the bottom bowl would fit
into a semi truck!


Photos by Kiki.


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Allen's supports plans
July 22, 2002
Here's some sketches Allen did of his ideas for the supports.

This is pretty much the turning point of the supports.
[We opted not to have the gussets stick out that much.]


Photos by Allen Denault.


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Support sketches
June 21, 2002
Some quick sketches of the supports.

The one I liked turned out to be too 'Edward Gory"...


Photos by Kiki.


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Marin Ave. [Berkeley/Albany] fountain
June 14, 2002
This fountain is at the head of Marin Ave. off of San Pablo in Albany.
Take Marin Ave. east to the round-about
about 10 blocks.


Photos by Kiki.
When I was working on the Cauldron,
this fountain pinpointed what I wanted to do!
It gave me a lot of inspiration!


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Egeria firefall copper pendant
June 12, 2002
I woke up with this idea for a pendant.
I did various sketches,
but this final one is what I really want!

I hope to make a metal stamp too,
and maybe banners...


Photos by Kiki.
BTW, the day I drew these up,
a guy randomly stopped in to the ShipYard looking around.
Turns out he's a metal caster, who casts in silver.
He said he'd help me cast the pendant!

Is that trippy or what?!?


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Here's what I'd like on a t-shirt


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Oakland fountain of similar size and design
January 7, 2002
This fountain is in Lakeside Park on Grand Ave in Oakland.

It has only one tier, but that tier looks to be 6'-8'.
There's an upper basin area, where the fountain overflows into,
and there looks to be small square "shelves" where
the water flows out into the lower basin.

The lower basin is about 20' in diameter,
with a low, 1' tall wall around it to contain the water,
and for people to sit and enjoy the fountain.

So you can see, it's very much like what I want to do!


Photos by Kiki.

The outside area is probably 50' diameter
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Here's the fountain with the basin
fountain_basin.jpg
198k		 Here's a closer picture of the single tier
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171k		 Here's a closeup of the ornate edge
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109k		 Here's the area that holds the water
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This is my ultimate vision
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Here's the whole vision from afar...
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Fountain for sale at Urban Ore
December 15, 2000
Scott found this fountain for sale at Urban Ore for $650.
The bottom tier is only 4.5' across, but the styling is perfect!

It has a number of fissures, so it would never make it over the Reno
pass, if that was what you were thinking! :) [I was. :) ]


Photos by Kiki.

4.5' across. nice scallops
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bottom_bowl_side.jpg
52k		 The pedistal the bottom bowl stands on
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From the top
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66k		 Here's what the middle tier pedistal rests on
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79k		 Note this support is seperate from the structure
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Middle tier
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65k		 The support is built in on the middle and tiop
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79k		 The tiers scale by having fewer scallops
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61k		 The top of the fountain [I don't like it...]
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Another fountain -- shell-shaped
shell_fountain.jpg
58k		 Note the designs on the base
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58k		 Note the way water flows from the top
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91k		 A nice bench -- note for outer all circle
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More sketches of Egeria
November 29, 2000
Here's some more sketches of various ideas, mostly of the bottom base
bowl. Realizing that a circle might be too difficult to construct, I
sketched some ideas of squares.


Then I realized how I *could* make a circle!


Note the last one -- this will probably be the final fountain!


Photos by Kiki.

Four-way spouts
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69k		 A plausible *circular* outer wall structure
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To-scale, on graph paper
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Sketches of my first ideas.
November 20, 2000
Here's some sketches of my initial ideas for the Egeria Firefall.


Photos by Kiki.
You should see the progression from simple, to complex, back to simple. :)

My first [simple] initial ideas.
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20k		 First thought of making a weeping sculpture
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My ideas of making a huge
05-floor.jpg
30k		 another weeping idea
06-weeping.jpg
18k		 lying down, curled around the base
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21k		 yet weeping another idea
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Here's the Most Important floor pic!!
09-floor.jpg
26k		 Here's a sketch of Roman fishes
10-fishes.jpg
18k		 This is closer to what I'll eventually do
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Here's a tiling of the spirals and fishes
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A larger, printable image
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Black cement
November 9, 2000
Saw them pouring some black cement as the sidewalks in from of Starbucks.


Photos by Kiki.

Black cement!
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