Water Strider, (sculpture).

Water Strider, (sculpture).

Phillips, David, 1944- , sculptor.

Water Strider, (sculpture).

Installed 1991.

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Fountain: bronze; Wall: granite; Plaza: brick.

Overall: approx. 2 x 16 x 16 ft.

A fountain consisting of an abstract series of four channels and four basins set within a hexagonal garden and plaza. The channels are paired and the two pairs intersect each other. Atop this intersection sit two round balls. A 4 inch high granite wall surrounds the fountain and garden. The brick plaza in which the entire piece sits reflects the hexagonal pattern of the fountain wall.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Willimantic

Administered by Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, Connecticut 06226

Located Eastern Connecticut State University, Shafer Building, Willimantic, Connecticut

Funded by the One Percent for Art program. Plaque on courtyard wall: "Water Strider" Fountain and Garden/by David Phillips, Sculptor/Commissioned by the State of Connecticut/for Eastern Connecticut State University/through the Department of Public Works/and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts/1991.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

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