The Evolution of Kopp's Meditation Garden

Artist Catherine Lottes tells Patch how the project evolved over the last 18 months and explains what people will see and experience now.

The Kopp’s Meditation Garden, when completed, will include 8,000 pounds worth of beautiful glass art pieces in the shape of eight large cubes that will appear to be floating off the ground. And while 8,000 pounds is quite a bit, it’s a far cry from the massive amount that would have been needed for a design approved by owner Karl Kopp back in April 2011. That plan called for 8-foot diameter culvert tubes separated by large glass disks. Local artist Catherine Lottes estimated those disks would have required 100 tons of glass—or approximately 200,000 pounds! “And that would have been quite expensive to make, transport and install,” Lottes said. Lottes’s initial instinct, she said, was to “dematerialize” the project, making it more …

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