artificial rockwork

Making Rocks Work
The marriage between rockwork and architecture can be a contentious one, especially when the visual relationship isn’t thought out ahead of time. Making rocks work in built spaces requires strategic thinking, says Terence Thornton and Kevin Kraft, with an eye toward the way nature does things. ...
2018/7.2, July 25 — A Special Edition — WaterShapes’ Overlooked Gems!
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS July 25, 2018 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE/May…
Modular Waterfall/Fountain Kits from RicoRock
Rico Rock (Orlando, FL) now offers a waterfall/fountain consisting of four modular pieces. Designed for…
RicoRock’s New Stream Sections for Pool Waterfalls
RicoRock (Orlando, FL) now manufactures a one-piece, cast concrete panel that allows water to fall…
RicoRock Launches Modular Staircases for Waterslides
RicoRock (Orlando, FL) now offers designers and builders a variety of pre-cast rock options for…
Quikspray’s Carrousel Pumps for Artificial Rockwork
Quikspray (Port Clinton, OH) offers Carrousel Pumps for making artificial rockwork using various approaches –…
Artful Engagement
This edition of WaterShapes EXTRA carries a link to one of my all-time favorite WaterShapes articles:  "Living Art" by Philip di Giacomo and Mark Holden. I remember how pleased Eric Herman was to land this particular story for our October 2004 issue.  He'd been after di Giacomo periodically for years, and we both looked on Phil's willingness to develop an article as
2014/3.1, March 5 — Dynamic Rockwork, Burnished Waterfalls, National Treasures and more
March 5, 2014 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Living Art The process of creating watershapes and landscapes is…
Wings of Whimsy
In the often wild and woolly world of custom landscape and watershape design, it’s sometimes impossible to predict the sources of the most interesting and challenging projects – or anticipate how we manage to find our ways into the middle of them.  It’s all part of what makes this profession so uplifting at times – and so confounding at others. I’ve worked hard to accept and embrace the strange tides of fortune this business entails.  As a case in point, this month (and next) I’m going to relate a story that captures the essence of what it can take to accommodate the unexpected and enlist the nerve it sometimes takes to
Collective Effort
It's a tale of two visions.   One contingent in the family wanted a formal, architectural pool that would reflect the geometry of the home.  The other wanted to borrow the natural look of the lake and rock formations that flowed down the sloping backyard.  Such divergent themes are generally difficult to blend into a coherent design, but I managed to do it with a little help from some friends. The project, which involves placing a formal, geometric pool atop a formation of artificial rock that looms over a grotto and lagoon-like pool below, is still under construction at this writing.  At this point, I'd have to say that the results should be just as spectacular as the design process was arduous. My company is based in Raleigh, N.C., which, although it is hardly a backwater, is not exactly at the epicenter of watershape design or construction expertise.  To integrate this diverse clutch of elements, I felt a need to