Making the wax model of the salal leaf for the Webster House Fountain
David has been selected to create a fountain to be installed in the courtyard of the Webster House at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The fountain was commissioned by Jane Floyd in honor of her late husband, Ron Floyd. David's design uses multiple bronze elements mounted on glacial boulders to create an ensemble that evokes the Olympic environment with imagery and sound. Three bronze leaves, each with a 4-foot span, are naturalistically rendered as stepped planes over which water flows. The crenulated texture of a maple leaf, the stiff expanse of a salal leaf and the fan-like form of an ancient ginkgo provide opportunities for the water to pool and reflect, while at the same time discharging many rivulets that splash with sparkling timbres in the sound chamber formed by the parabolic sweep of the Webster House.