Earth Fountain - Fort Worth, TX
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N 32° 44.304 W 097° 23.568
14S E 650586 N 3623429
Earth Fountain is a granite ball with water pouring out of three openings. One of the openings has a relief map of the Trinity River and its forks and tributaries.
Waymark Code: WMWJQR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2017
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From the Fort Worth Public Art website:
"Earth Fountain, a nine-foot orb carved from granite by Austin-based artist Philippe Klinefelter, arrived in Fort Worth June 2 after making a four-hour journey up Interstate 35W. It was successfully installed while a small crowd looked on. The sculpture, a Fort Worth Public Art project, is located in a traffic triangle known as Byers Green on Camp Bowie Boulevard at Eldridge Street.
"Carved out of a single, 30-ton block of Texas Sunset Red granite — the same granite used in the Tarrant County Courthouse — the sculpture echoes the color of the Thurber brick used to pave Camp Bowie Boulevard.
"The sculpture’s design was inspired by water – how it comes from, shapes, and returns to the earth. The three openings in the sculpture are related to the angles of the three streets adjacent to the park. Water will flow out of the three openings over a carved, scaled representation of the Trinity River and its tributaries.
"Fort Worth Public Art and Urban Green, a local nonprofit, teamed up for the project. Urban Green, an organization that works to improve public green spaces throughout the city, entered into an “Adopt A Park” agreement with the city for the Byers Green median. Urban Green is underwriting improvements to the site that include irrigation, electricity and pathways to the sculpture."
The City of Fort Worth's public art program commissioned Earth Fountain for Byers Green as part of its Long Range Public Art Plan. Klinefelter carved the massive sculpture by hand in his Austin studio. (ntxe-news.com)
The decomposed granite pathways were added in 2016.
Lots of photos at the artist's website: (
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