Sculptural Fountains
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Below is an actively flowing fountain that we cast in place in the corporate headquarters of a company called Service Net in Jeffersonville Indiana. We cast approximately 30,000 pounds of intrinsically colored grout over a matrix of steel, into a large rubber mold by pumping it through a 4 inch hose. First we cast the bottom 5 feet and de-molded that, then we capped it off with two interlocking cap pieces that were approximately 275 pounds each.
 

 

The image to the right shows water flowing down two of the four eroded trenches with live Eastern Woodland moss thriving under the lights and in the mist for a totally convincing effect. 


Note the sophisticated coloration and the vivid detail only attainable by way of directly casting from nature. You will find no other artificial rock work in the world of this caliber, period!

The image to the left shows how we incorporated the two cap pieces to read as a monolithic geological formation. The illusion of a natural break allowed us to lock the two perfectly and convincing in place, then secure them to the base with steel pins.
Here we are pumping the grout into the rubber mold (we now have in stock) and vibrating it to eliminate air bubbles. Our mold was simply bolted to the pre-poured footer pad (with water supply line in place) and filled with grout right there in the lobby of their corporate headquarters.

 

The image to the left depicts the backside of the fountain. The layering effect demonstrated here is also a good example of how our Fossilrockwalls™ look- naturally layered sedimentary rock, gritty in texture, and cold to-the-touch!

 
Another angle showing the incorporation of our client's logo with water flowing through it and then at a fourth location nearby. Our standard mold is, of course, without the logo shown here, rock texture in its place.

 

Finally, a detail shot of the corporate logo we cast into the front of the rock feature.