Foundations are all in place.
The site is a river meadow in a fairly steep valley so I needed to think carefully about drainage. The piece sits ½ a meter below the surface with steps leading the viewer down into the contained space. Without drainage this could end up filling with water which I don’t want. Because the water table is so high I made the decision to raise the sculpture, building a mound around it. That allowed me to achieve the fall I needed to keep water away from the interior of the piece. Having said that I still needed over 10 meters of pipe to guarantee this, so big thank you again to my sponsors Travis Perkins for their support.
As is often the case in art, this unexpected change in the design has benefitted the work by enhancing the qualities of memorial.
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