Heron’s Fountain in Sculpture BY JAKE McRAE Throughout my time here at UPS, my two favorite pursuits have been physics and sculpture. I am majoring in physics and do my best to take sculpture and art classes when I can. I have often thought about the ways that I could incorporate physics into my sculptural work, perhaps by incorporating electronic components or making art in response to ideas within physics. This semester I found an opportunity to realize this intersection by applying some ideas of fluid dynamics to create a sculptural iteration of
“Heron’s fountain is a hydraulic machine that uses air and water pressure to circulate water in a fountain.” a Heron’s fountain. I began work on this sculpture wanting to find a way to introduce a twist to the normal mechanics of the prototypical Heron’s fountain while also creating an aesthetically pleasing sculpture. Heron’s fountain is a hydraulic machine that uses air and water pressure to circulate water in a fountain. It was invented by the inventor Heron of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. These fountains are composed of three chambers which are interconnected by three pipes, which can
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