Sculptural Fontain “A Drop of Honey”
M. Čaklā skvērs, Lielā iela 6A, Saldus novads
The sculptural fountain “A Drop of Honey”, which was created by sculptor Kārlis Īle, born in Saldus, adorns a square named after the poet and former resident of Saldus – Māris Čaklais, who has compared the town to a “drop of honey in Kurzeme bowl”. The fountain consists of two horizontal honeycombs connected by an impressive drop of honey. The upper honeycomb is a symbol of heaven. The lower comb is a symbol of the earth. And we humans are somewhere in between. The big drop of honey forms the connection between heaven and earth, symbolizing the place of man in the world.
The water flows freely over the edges of the upper honeycomb, creating a honey rain to cool off and play with.
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The sculpture is made as two horizontal honeycombs joined by a huge drop of honey.The upper honeycombs symbolize the sky, the lower ones – the earth and the huge drop of honey drops from the honeycombs of the sky right into Kurzeme.As an additional element the fountain is decorated by subtle squirts of water, the number of which has been chosen according to the magic number 6 of a honeycomb – 6 squirts flowing upwards and 36 flowing downwards. The sculpture is made from stainless steel and granite and is created by Karlis Ile.The technological construction was performed by a construction enterprise “Saldus buve”, the hydro technical parts of the fountain were designed by M.sc.ing. Gints Jaudzems – an engineer from „Akvedukts”.
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