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THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS
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| June 7, 2017 www.watershapes.com |
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Just Awesome
It’s a bit misleading to say that Longwood Gardens’ Main Fountain Garden is ‘back,’ observes Robert Nonemaker, declaring that the $90 million revitalization has produced something that recalls the original — but exceeds it on so many levels that it’s almost beyond comparison. [more] |
 VIDEO GALLERY
A Pond in Distress
When it comes to preparing his staff for real-world pondcraft, Eric Triplett believes in sharing cautionary tales — including the one found in this video series about a beloved pond that went disastrously wrong because of some fundamental design and installation errors. [more]
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Green Evolution
His clients were craving low-maintenance poolscapes, so Tanr Ross bucked convention and started using synthetic grass with some of his projects. It’s a solution he would have shot down a few years back — but now, he says, it’s part of almost every design discussion. [more]
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ESSENTIAL
Shining Through
The illumination of watershapes is a true specialty even among the experts, observes lighting designer Janet Lennox Moyer, because it requires not only mastery of available lighting technologies and techniques but also an understanding of the physical properties of light as it interacts with air and water. The key, she says, is supporting a clear set of objectives with careful planning and a persistent desire to make the most of watershapes after dark.
This article, originally published in WaterShapes in September 2004, has been digitized for all readers. Click here to see the full text and enlarge the images to study them in detail.
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TRAVELOGUE
Winds of Life
Through aesthetics, materials, location and form, public art enriches the lives of those who pass by — something you can sample, says John Gilbert Luebtow, the next time you’re in Los Angeles’ Century City and come across one of his own compositions in glass, light and water. [more]
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WATERSHAPES WORLD
A Path Not Taken
Reading about the fountain renovation at Longwood Gardens started Jim McCloskey thinking about inspiration, life’s experiences and career paths — and what might have happened had he grown up visiting amazing watershapes within reach of his childhood home. [more]
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WE BROWSE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO . . .
Clear Wisdom Dept.: Medical science is catching on to the fact that swimming is truly great exercise. [more] When the Cleveland Clinic speaks, will people listen?
Chip Off the Old Block Dept.: An extra piece of Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain is going up for auction. [more]
A half-ton chunk of sculpted green marble can be yours!
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WATERSHAPES CLASSIC
Visual Acceptance
In his 2002 ‘Details’ column, David Tisherman wrote eloquently about the way watershape-related products should look — and we’ve been evaluating them with much more critical eyes ever since. [more]
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Great American Waterfall Co. Unveils Aqua Shower
Great American Waterfall Co. (Spring Hill, FL) manufactures Aqua Shower and Aqua Shower SSR systems for use on raised walls above pool surfaces. Available in configurations with 48 streams per linear foot in a single row or with 48 or 64 streams per linear foot in double rows, the units come in white, tan, gray and black in a range of lengths. For details, click here.
Clear Comfort Offers Chlorine-Free Sanitizing System
Clear Comfort (Boulder, CO) has released an updated version of its CCW 100 Next, a hydroxyl-based oxidation technology redesigned for simpler installation and maintenance. Intended for use with pools and spas up to 40,000 gallons, the unit creates hydroxyls to destroy contaminants and generates hydrogen peroxide for residual sanitation. For details, click here.
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WPN UPDATE
Making the Most
of Your Portfolio
Watershapers have a distinctive ability to produce spectacular work — but oftentimes real difficulty when it comes to calling their skills and talents to the attention of homeowners and others who are interested in making water part of their daily lives.
That’s where the WaterShapes Professional Network comes in: building a collective web presence in which dozens and, ultimately, hundreds of sites participate as an interlinked colossus, it involves watershapers in a group entity large enough that the search engines can’t overlook it. So if it’s a strong (or stronger) web presence you’re after, check it out.
The Network is working just the way we’d hoped: Time to click aboard?
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