Sizzling Water, (sculpture).

Sizzling Water, (sculpture).

Hammer, Nancy, sculptor.

Sizzling Water, (sculpture).

A zig-zag shaped pool with surrounding plantings.

Abstract -- Geometric

Allegory -- Element -- Water

Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Mercer Island

Administered by City of Mercer Island, Arts Council, 8236 Southeast 24th, Mercer Island, Washington 98040

Located Mercerdale Park, Mercer Island, Washington

Commissioned for $26,000. The sculpture is interactive. Water in the pool is still and calm until an unmarked foot switch is depressed. When triggered water sprays outward from jets just below the lip of the pool creating a "sizzling champagne bubble effect." Nearby plaque reads: Mercer Island State Centennial Project/Sizzling Water/1991/Nancy Hammer/Funded by:/Byron M. Emery/Consolidated Restaurants/Gail Landan Yound Construction Co., Inc./Mercer Island Community Fund/Puget Sound National Bank/John L. Scott/QFC/CAP Food Services/Farmers New World Life/Great NW Bank/O'Shea, Straight, Barnard, & Martin/Rotary Club of Mercer Island/Seafirst National Bank/US West Communications.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.

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