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Art in nature... garden sculptures
Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor/Stone Carver
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This garden table features three carved bundles of wild flowers each tied with a stone ribbon and bow. Together with the base and top, not shown in this photo, it is 30 inches tall. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Surprisingly comfortable, these benches are in small, private gardens. Check out the three athlete gargoyle benches I created for the University of Chicago. |
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bench was carved for the Somerset County Nature Preserve in New Jersey, a
memorial to a man who loved to visit the park, so others could rest on their
walks and enjoy the nature. The legs are carved like tree stumps, with animals
climbing on them and carved flowers growing up the stumps.
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Installation of this 9 foot tall fountain was finished in August 1996. It is built of 92 pieces of stone, and the carving was completed over a 10 month period. Carved from two types of limestone, Indiana Limestone and a golden brown Minnesota limestone, two bronze frogs sit on the edge of the pool spouting water. Water shoots out the top, cascades down, and flows from the mouths of the three lions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The central part of the fountain features a lion; water spouts from its mouth. On the bowl above its head rests a bundle of four Romanesque columns, topped by another bowl.
This fountain is located in the gardens of Driehaus Capital Management at 25 E. Erie St. If you're visiting Chicago, walk by and take a look! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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sunburst water fountain with an Italian bronze dragon-head water spout. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Completed in the summer of 1995, this stone honors a contributor to Seneca Park, a beautiful little public park near Chicago's Water Tower. It is designed to blend in with the gardens, appearing like a natural outcropping of stone. Foliage is carved into the rough block. Set in the stone is a bronze plaque. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Web site design and graphics by Walter S. Arnold |
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