Soap Lake Healing Sculpture

A Sculpture Commemorating The Healing Waters of Soap Lake

Soap Lake Bronze Sculpture

The Vision

The man is calling the healing waters
His expression suggests he's calling the Healing Spirit with a knowing expectation

The woman is the vessel, the receiver
The bowl suggests portability
Perhaps to take the healing waters
To the needy

Together they become givers of the gift of healing

(©Raymond Gravelle 2007)

Soap Lake Healing Waters

"Promontory Plaza - Sculpture Site-plan"

Construction is underway!
The beginning of the construction phase of the "Calling the Healing Waters", the world's first human figure sundial.


What a magnificent viewscape when the sculpture is in the center of this 45 ft Promontory Plaza
A 50 ft hour glass shaped walkway will lead up to the sundial from the parking lot


"Feather cloud" over installation site. Like the feathers in the sculpture.

Scope

The Soap Lake Garden Club and the City of Soap Lake desire to create a spectacular promontory plaza overlooking Soap Lake featuring the magnificent "Calling the Healing Waters" sculpture/sundial. This world class artwork was produced by artists David Govedare and Keith Powell, famous for such public artworks as the "Horse Monument" at Vantage and "The Joy of Running" in Spokane.

Site criteria

  • Approximately 45' diameter circular promontory plaza with sculpture in center

  • 24 basalt hour stone columns, 12 with brass Roman numerals atop as time pieces

  • Sculpture to sit on elevated "pedestal"

  • Bench seating between hour stone columns will also act as safety 'rail' around plaza

  • 600  5” by 10” memorial stone 'tiles'

  • Bronze plaques

  • Approximately 12' wide x 50’ walkway from parking lot to promontory plaza

    •      Included handicap 'ramp'
    •      Hour glass shape

  • All construction to meet or exceed local code requirements

  • All vertical surfaces will appear to be natural materials
    • Vertical stamped concrete with special coloring

  • Desirous of radiant line pattern on plaza floor emanating from sculpture pedestal to 24 stone columns
    • Use the memorial stones to create radiant line

  • Compass points on plaza floor



    • Landscaping

  • Native plants
  • Easy maintenance
  • Lighting
  • Automatic watering


    • Site planning with Randy Downing (left), Raymond Gravelle (center) and
    Curt Carpenter (right) landscape architect    		 Site planning with Dorothy Downing (left), Randy Downing (center),
    Curt Carpenter (right) landscape architect