ANN MALLORY

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Confluence 2: An Act of Coming Together

commissioned 2011 by Bolton Insurance Co., Pasadena, CA

I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water . . . has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It has a thousand colors and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so definite that the tiniest streamlet is an exact replica of a great river.
-– Roderick Haig-Brown

A metal and ceramic wall sculpture that aesthetically shows the meaning and relevance of CONFLUENCE – an act of many separate individuals coming together, sharing ideas, sharing knowledge, growing together, achieving more collectively than is possible individually. The wall sculpture loosely uses the visual metaphor of a river that forms by the merging of many water droplets and small streams. Successful business communities grow by blending the collaborative resources of many individuals. Over the years, collective knowledge compounds, moves their culture forward, and becomes more powerful with the strength of each person’s contribution.

Materials are welded tubular steel and hand made ceramic tiles.

Wall size is 10′ x 52′

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Confluence: An Act of Coming Together

commissioned 2010 by Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT

I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water . . . has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It has a thousand colors and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so definite that the tiniest streamlet is an exact replica of a great river.
— Roderick Haig-Brown

A metal and ceramic wall sculpture loosely based on the topography of the three rivers that aesthetically shows the educational meaning and relevance of confluence : an act of many separate individuals coming together, sharing ideas, sharing knowledge, growing together, achieving more collectively than is possible individually. Just as the three rivers merge, grow and eventually blend their collective resources with the ocean, knowledge accumulates, moves forward, and becomes more powerful with the strength of each person’s contribution.

Materials are welded tubular steel and hand made ceramic tiles.

Wall size is 8.5′ x 38′