Moving in.

Two stones down.

lining up the holes.

Are round stone.

Lifting the base stone.

Cleaning the holes.

Are Crain.

Concrete

This is after the concrete is fully cured, and we have the patterns for the stones on it.

After we were finished with the pour we had to emty the hose.

Smoothing the concrete.

the concrete truck arives.

we had to seel the concrete mold with a hardening foam.

Fountain Design Proposal.

We came into this project with the understanding of the garden space needing a balancing element to bring unity to the whole of the area. One aspect the area lacks is a focal point and our job is to solve this problem. Through thoughtful consideration we have formulated a design to create balance within this space of contemplation and reflection.
Our concept is based on the idea of Time and Transformation. Various reasons lead people to Lane Community College but two things hold true for all: it will take time to achieve goals and through achievement transformation will occur. Once we decided on a concept we had to choose our materials in order to sketch our designs. We decided using local materials would futher ones ability to relate to the space by referencing the surrounding landscape. Columnar Basalt is the material for our design. It is fairly inexpensive, found locally and greatly contributes to the geological formations of the Willamette Valley and the Cascade mountains.
We experimented with the natural shapes of basalt, along with our ideas and concepts to create several different sketches. The themes of open and closed forms began to refine into a design we knew could fit the space. We are able to take advantage of the resources within the sculpture department to design and form our sculpture. The arch represents the strength and possibility of transformation. On one side the forms radiate in an upward arch, offering movement and negetive space within the design; allowing the viewers to visually move through the space as if you were flipping open pages of a book. The keystone acts as the spine of the book or the backbone, providing strength as a fulcrum within the movement of the design. We carved out a naturally occuring opening to offer a resting place before the transition from stone to water. The drop of the arch transforms into the concentrated flow of water continuing as it meets a series of obstacles and breaks into a radiating cascade: creating balance and continuation of the cycle within the design.
We believe our proposal will bring balance to the garden space and allow idividuals to relate their personal place of time and transformation within the community of LCC.
~ Amelia Beiderwell
~ Jessica Purkerson
~ Teresa Behlke

Fountain Project.

This is are fountain desine model. its made out of wood but the real thing is going to be made of Basalt from the snake river, and Mollala Blue stone.

We slit into two groups, one to grind and shape the stone and one to make the ply wood mold for the concrete.

My drawing for the original fountain design project.
We made cardbord cutouts of the stones we bought and layed them out to see what we still needed to buy.
Andy at the stone yard looking for the right stone.

Woking on the Concrete Mold.

We had to empty the fountain with buckets. It was rather wet work.

This is me cutting the mold with the sawzall.

Laying out the mold for the concrete.

Rebar!

This is are group laying the rebar for the base of the fountain.

Cutting the rebar with the bandsaw.

Stonecutting!

After my group finished with the rebar we went into the other group and started cutting, grinding and drilling the stones.

Drilling a small stone.

One of the finished stones.