This luminescent art will make a dramatic scene

This is the time of year when people start to get a little anxious about light. Even though the days are actually getting longer, the nights seem bleaker -darker in the cold of January and February.

One of the nicest things about the fountains on the Scioto Mile is that they bring a little light to our world, all year round. Not just light –the artistic structure features glimmering halos, perched at 14 to 20 feet above the ground.

The blossoms of stainless steel ringlets will be illuminated January through December. In the warmer months the halos will spout fog and waterworks too. It’s a form of art that shifts with the seasons.

The luminescent halos aren’t the only things that add some bling to the project. They’re perched above a most unusual foundation of Lithocrete. Think of Lithocrete as a distant cousin to concrete – it’s more of an artist’s medium.  The substance uses finely crushed aggregate from all sorts of sources (quartz, marble, seashells) to produce almost any stony texture you can imagine. And because it uses crushed natural materials, Lithocrete has an unusual ability to reflect small amounts of light.

Just one more bright spot in the Scioto Mile.

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