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ESSENTIAL
Graceful Reflections
The potency of water’s reflective nature is a component of watershaping that is all too often ignored or left to chance, says renowned environmental artist Anthony Archer Wills. When considered from the outset of a project, however, the brilliance and subtlety of a reflection is something he uses to completely transform the experience of viewing water in ways that become ongoing sources of delight and fascination for his clients.
This article, originally published in February 2007, has been digitized for all readers. Click here to see the full text and enlarge the images to study the craftsmanship in detail.
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PONDCRAFT 101
A Stitch in Time
All sorts of interesting things happen on a job site. Eric Triplett knows, for instance, that the misplaced jab of a shovel occasionally means that a pond liner will need a bit of emergency repair work — a process he walks through step by step in this important video. [more]
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TECHNICAL BRIEFING
Ground Work
There’s no room for guesswork when it comes to structural engineering, says Ron Lacher, especially with concrete structures designed to contain water. Here, he discuses the precise planning and attention to workmanship that are often the keys to watershaping success. [more]
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VIDEO GALLERY
Keep It Clean
No pool owner wants to spend his or her free time netting leaves or fetching sunken debris. That’s why, as Lew Akins relates in this brief video, he’s so determined to bundle an automatic cleaning system of some kind into virtually all of his watershape projects. [more]
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WATERSHAPES WORLD
Just Amazing
In converting past columns from the magazine to the web site, Jim McCloskey couldn’t help noticing that there was something special about a standout element of many of those items — that is, the profound artistry of Rick Leddy, the magazine’s longtime art director. [more]
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TRAVELOGUE
A Villa for the Ages
The Getty Villa hosts what may be the world’s greatest private collection of Greco-Roman antiquities. But as Eric Herman reports, it’s also a visitor’s delight for its classical architecture, subtle gardens and elegant watershapes — not to mention great views of the Pacific Ocean. [more]
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Are Diamonds a Swimmer’s Best Friend?
Million-Dollar Swimsuit: Wretched
Excess with a Wacky Tan Line!
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WHAT’S NEW?
Now at WaterShapes.com . . .
While supplies last, you can purchase one of 6 available complete, mint-condition, 131-issue sets of WaterShapes, a print publication that set the tone for development of the art and craft of watershaping from February 1999 until July 2011. For ordering information, click here!
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Golden Goggles Award: Which Swimmer
Was Named ‘Female Athlete of the Year’?
Many water-related stories have been in the news of late — including reports connected to the three questions below.
1. According to Web site espn.go.com, USA Swimming recently named Ryan Lochte “Male Athlete of the Year” at its annual Golden Goggles awards ceremony. Who was named “Female Athlete of the Year” at the event?
a. Missy Franklin b. Haley Anderson c. Katie Ledecky d. Allison Schmitt
2. Swimvortex.com reports that longtime national swimming coach Mitch Ivey — who was a teammate of Mark Spitz at the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games — has been banned by USA Swimming for his alleged history of sexual misconduct with young female swimmers. For how long is Ivey now banned from the sport of swimming?
a. 10 years b. 15 years c. 20 years d. Life
3. A number of great white sharks were videotaped recently swimming right under surfers off a beach of one California community. Happily, notes americanlivewirre.com, no one was attacked. Where did this take place?
a. Manhattan Beach at El Porto b. Mission Beach at San Diego
c. Capistrano Beach at Dana Point d. Big Kahuna Beach at Barstow
To find out how many you got right, click here.
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