Back from my Great Pacific NW Stormwater Tour

I just returned from a terrific 8 day tour of Portland, Olympia and Seattle. Ate great food, saw the usual touristy stuff, and toured some fantastic stormwater sites! I will be posting pictures of some of the cool sights I saw throughout the rest of the month. In the meantime, I found a great site that has tons of stormwater-art connections. The site is:

http://www.artfulrainwaterdesign.net/

Check it out!!

The Art of Rain - Amazing Stuff!

Here are a couple pics of work done by Vladimir Sumchenko, a Vancouver metalsmith who turns common copper and stainless steel into artistic downspouts, fountains and more! The website for more information is: www.artofrain.com

This first pic (the waterwheel) is my favorite, but I am partial to stormwater art that moves!

Stormwater as Entertainment - Great Article!

The May 2009 issue of Stormwater magazine has an article that showcases some pieces from the exhibit Landscapes for Rain: The Art of Stormwater. Of course, the article is about Portland, Or. (where stormwater was apparently invented, because they are way ahead of us on the east coast in handling it!). The whole article can be found at:

http://www.stormh2o.com/may-2009/portland-public-education.aspx




The top image looks like a casting of all the various debris that ends up passing through a stormwater system! I love it!



I'm not sure if this really qualifies as "art", but I do like a little waterfall here and there!






I love the idea of the rain man sculpture! I wish I had another view of this piece. It would also be really cool if the sculpture moved when the stormwater flowed over it (maybe it does?!).












The salmon swimming upstream is also a great piece! I would love to see this one with water flowing through it!

Here I Go!

This is my first blogging attempt, so I'm sure I will be making all sorts of blog mistakes! I am posting a few pics of stormwater art as a trial to see how it goes.

This first image is one of the funnel wall at the Kunsthofpassage in Neustadt (Dresden Germany).

I love the Dr. Seuss character the drain pipes give the building (maybe not the best choice for a lawyer's office, but it would be terrific for a children's museum!)

If anyone has additional pics of this building (especially during a rainstorm), I would love to see them!