Lotic Meander

Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada 2006
300 feet long by 4 feet wide: polished and blasted Granite, cast glass set into the solar terrace of the Ontario Science Centre.

Lotic refers to moving water. Lotic Meander depicts the patterns of water as it moves through a stream bed. The meandering form is based on several local streams, the scroll-like patterns clarify the hydrological patterns of water as it swirls in vortices around the bends in the stream bed. Glass stones are inset into the shoals of deposition, where gravel and stones would collect due to the slower current on the inside curve of the stream. Large stone domes, like boulders along the stream, reflect the sky and surrounding museum.