Structures (Editor’s Notes)
There's a natural tendency to think of artists as dreamy, distracted types devoid of any aptitude for or interest in things technical. When you study just about any art form in depth, however, you soon realize that
I'm often asked what it takes to write an article for WaterShapes - and, almost as often, why it is that certain voices find their way into print while others don't. I love to field these questions, because they
I had the pleasure early in December of attending the first-ever Genesis 3 Fountain School in Toronto. As we've often discussed in these pages, Genesis 3's programs are loaded with useful
To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of New Year's resolutions. And I especially don't cotton to all the sentimental windbagging that seems to attend the "dawning" of this new era or that. But on this occasion, and for reasons all too many and obvious, I won't shy away from
Throughout recorded history, great societies have built monuments to celebrate their victories, commemorate their tragedies and express their guiding ideals. Through creation of these great works of art or
There's a fascinating conceptual relationship between man-made bodies of water and those created by nature. On the one hand, the most accomplished
When I was kid in the '60s, my mom would take my sisters and me to a place called Penn Park near our home in Whittier, Calif. It was a beautiful old hillside city park with towering trees, winding paths and
There's a new wrinkle in this issue of WaterShapes. Just inside the back cover, you'll find "Book Notes," a brand-new column by landscape architect and watershape
Since the beginning, we at WaterShapes have made no bones about the philosophical connection between our magazine and
What do you call the effect of water falling over the edge of a pool? Do you say it has a negative edge? An infinity edge? A vanishing edge? Or do you have
