This project was inspired by a trip to Disney World, where I became aware of all the really cool things you can do with concrete. I was particularly excited about the walkways in the Animal Kingdom park that had fossil-type impressions of leaves, animal footprints, and other objects in them—a great example of how Disney delivers delightful little surprises where you least expect them.​

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The concrete walkway and circular area are designed to be a timeline that represents all of earth's 4.6 billion years of existence. The engraved line on the main part of the walkway has a scale of 1 million years = 1 mm. The spiral represents the last 600 million years of the earth's history and has a scale of 1 million years = 13.7 mm. ​The small circular mosaics mark important milestones—the formation of the earth and moon, the first cells, the appearance of reptiles, dragonflies, apes, and so on.

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This project has involved a lot of trial and error with the mosaics and the plantings and is still in progress.

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Media / 

Field stone, concrete, acid stain, mosaic glass

 

Techniques / 

Dry stack field stone wall construction, concrete pathway design and construction, concrete engraving and staining, mosaic design and fabrication

 

Year / 

2010–current

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