Documented artwork / illuminated public sculpture
Cloud Fountain
Credit as documented: Gordon Huether Studio
Cloud Fountain abstracts the shape of a bouncing water droplet at Elk Grove's civic center. Gordon Huether developed a composition intended to change as visitors move around it, with multicolored LEDs producing slow color transitions at night. Rainier Industries formed the aluminum tubing using CNC fabrication. The work is among the exterior pieces on the Avenue of the Arts between the community and aquatics centers; the artist describes selection by an arts-commission and city-staff committee in 2017.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2019
- Materials
- aluminum tubing and supports, polyurethane industrial paint, LED lights
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Studio caption: 24 ft H × 12 ft W × 5 ft D. Narrative: 24-ft sculpture plus 3-ft base, with 12–14-ft diameter. These dimensional scopes conflict.
- Dimensions apply to
- Documented object or named component scope only; no relocation/engineering specification. Source disagreements and architectural measurements remain explicitly qualified.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2019
Avenue of the Arts, Elk Grove Civic Center, Elk Grove, California
- Site
- Avenue of the Arts, Elk Grove Civic Center
- City
- Elk Grove
- State / region
- CA
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Setting
- outdoor
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
The 2019 studio entry gives a twenty-four-foot height in both caption and narrative, but lists conflicting depth and diameter figures. Its narrative adds a three-foot base. The perceived motion comes from changing viewpoints and light; mechanical movement is not established.
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- gordonhuether.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17