This is a really cool water fountain on the Santa Cruz Wharf. Click the image for greater detail. Background and more pictures can be found here.
Steampunk Octopus
This is a really cool water fountain on the Santa Cruz Wharf. Click the image for greater detail. Background and more pictures can be found here.
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Wow, Sandra. Even in 2017, you two had the wharf to yourselves! Great work with the editing.
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Thank you, Mark! This is such a cool drinking fountain it was installed in 2015 it’s titled,”Pearl Diver.” You turn a ship’s wheel to drink from the water that spouts from either the crab or the smaller octopus. The water pools in a clam shell and drains under a big round steel ball shaped to look like a pearl. Lots of great details. We are early birds, Mark. Always up and around before the crowds begin to congregate. Hope you are doing well today!
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I really enjoy the steampunk look. This is great. Thanks for the link in the background. It’s such a cool idea to have a water fountain look like something unique. I hope you have a great day. Smiles across the way.
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Thank you Chris! I love all the details the artist included. I forgot to mention the title of the piece, “Pearl Diver.” This is in front of a restaurant called “Splash” where there is a rotating platform under the bar seating area and there’s cutouts in the flooring so you can see the ocean below. I hope you have a great day too! 🙂
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I don’t think I’ve ever been in a restaurant or bar with cut outs like that so you can see the water below. What a unique idea.
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It is a unique design! Fun place to visit.
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Excellent! 😎
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Thanks John! Glad you liked it. I forgot to mention the artist named this piece, “Pearl Diver.” Cool details throughout. Hope you are enjoying another sunny day out in LV as best you can! Take care.
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The b&w works really well here, Sandra!
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Thank you Pete! I wish I had taken more pics of the details. I think we were short on time that day.
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I love it when they snazz up the mundane items.
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Me too. They really did a beautiful job.
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You’re right — that is VERY cool! (I just love steampunk art.)
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It’s so unusual I love it too! Thank you Rachel!
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That’s really cool to see it out in the public area. When I live, there’s a bunch of lakes, so the city uses a swan as its symbol, so most of the art around here is themed around swans. But not cool steampunk swans. 🙂
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Ooo Steampunk Swans! I love that thought!
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Love the fountain. I hope it is still when I make my tour of California. I would love to see it up close. Keep putting these odd things on your post, they can be much more interesting than the usual sights.
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Thank you Geri! I hope you are able to see it in person too. It really is a sight! I appreciate your comment.
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