Sculpture ~ David Parfitt

Underwater fibre optic lighting installation in a weir.

  • Detail of the weir Element of 'Flow'. A 3 part sculpture, comprising of; underwater lighting installation in a weir, lighting effects for four submerged ventilation apertures, and a chaotic sculpture located above the canal. The waters of the weir are illuminated at night by fibre optic tails, that trace a design in the shallows and spill into the cascade as seperate minute points of bright light. » Click to zoom ->

    Detail of the weir Element of 'Flow'. A 3 part sculpture, comprising of; underwater lighting installation in a weir, lighting effects for four submerged ventilation apertures, and a chaotic sculpture located above the canal. The waters of the weir are illuminated at night by fibre optic tails, that trace a design in the shallows and spill into the cascade as seperate minute points of bright light.

  • A wider view of the weir, at night, showing the points of light in the falls. » Click to zoom ->

    A wider view of the weir, at night, showing the points of light in the falls.

  • A computer modeled view of the weir construction and the fibre optic components (in green). » Click to zoom ->

    A computer modeled view of the weir construction and the fibre optic components (in green).

The weir Element of 'Flow'. A 3 part sculpture, comprising of; underwater lighting installation in a weir, lighting effects for four submerged ventilation apertures, and a chaotic sculpture located above the canal.
The waters of the weir are illuminated at night by fibre optic tails, that trace a design in the shallows and spill into the cascade as seperate minute points of bright light.