Building a One of a Kind Overbrook Fountain

This pictorial overview of how I build a large tabletop indoor fountain. Slate quarry to your living room or office.

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Collecting the blocks of slate
in the Pocono Mountains. North of Philadelphia Pennsylvania

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This massive block is an example of slate I use. It is separated by tapping with hammer and screwdriver on the edge to separate into individual slates

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An outline is scratched into the underside of the slate and through something coin to vice -art the slate is broken off.

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The slate is then drilled. Sometimes especially for an 8 story high fountain like this a cardboard dummy mock up is made.

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Fountain ready for gluing and assembly. This fountain was already put together dry to see if it fit okay then taken apart.

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Slate layer 3 spacers - check level
Slate layer 3 spacers - check level
Slate layer 3 spacers -etc....

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Copper pipe keeps everything going straight up

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The slate unit or skeleton is complete.This unit will have another layer of slate added to the bottom making it 18" high

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Finished product with agate slices and Rose Quartz on top added. Will be placed in a 18" diameter bowl

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