Fountain to be Auctioned at Derby Day!
Jump Street is a Harrisburg, PA based organization that is all about
supporting the arts and artists.
http://www.jumpstreet.org/index.html
Come out to the King Mansion at 2201 North Front Street on Harrisburg’s
Riverfront on Saturday, May 7th for Jump Street’s 10th annual
Derby Day festivities! Watch the Kentucky Derby, enjoy the sights
and sounds and bid on a $5,000 Igneous Rock Gallery Gift Certificate!
The proceeds will help Jump Street accomplish their mission,
Jump Street is dedicated to
developing educational and economic opportunities with the arts
for all age groups, resulting in a positive impact for the individual,
organization, artist, and surrounding communities through arts education
and audience development
The $5,000 Igneous Rock Gallery Gift Certificate will be auctioned
off during the live auction. It can be redeemed for the fountain
that will be on display (which is valued at $5,000), or else the
winner may choose to apply the certificate toward a different Igneous
Rock Gallery custom designed andesite fountain. The certificate
has no cash value and delivery and installation will be charged
additionally.
If you came here through a link from Jump Street, I invite you to
browse our web site, then come visit us here at Igneous Rock Gallery!
You are welcome to drop by and get an advance peek at the fountain
that will be on display on Derby Day. I poured my heart and soul
into this one, finally leaving the shop just before midnight last
night.
By way of introduction, I am Robert Wertz, owner of Igneous Rock
Gallery.
At Igneous Rock Gallery we create contemporary fountain sculpture
using an ancient and rare natural resource.
Our columnar shaped rock comes from a small lava deposit in the
Okanogan Highlands of Washington State. It is the only known occurrence
of such slender forming and vibrantly colored igneous rock.
The word “igneous” is derived from the Latin “ignis”,
from which we get the word “ignite”. Igneous rock is
“rock born of fire,” or lava rock.
Long, long ago, the elements of our rock fountains existed in the
bowels of the earth as liquid magma. About 45 million years ago,
when the depths could hold it no more, molten magma came forth and
breached the earth’s crust.
As the liquid lava slowly cooled it transformed to a crystalline
solid, fracturing into columns due to the slight reduction in volume
as it solidified. If you have ever seen pentagonal and hexagonal
cracks in mud where water evaporated from a puddle, you have witnessed
a similar phenomenon.
Over eons mineral rich fluids pressed up through the ground depositing
silica, sulfide minerals and a variety of oxides into the surface
of the rock. Likewise groundwater born of massive glaciers seeped
down through the joints, further oxidizing the mineralized surface
of the rocks. This is what accounts for the diverse coloration of
our natural rock spires.
Nothing can improve on the beauty these natural forces have wrought.
Our job and privilege is to take up where God and nature have left
off, to bring the mountain to you in the form of a distinctive,
tranquil and exquisite fountain sculpture.
Yours -- For the Arts,
Robert Wertz
Igneous Rock Gallery
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