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The
Flower Wand located in Northern California, USA
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The flower wand was started with
a "dig in" in the spring of 2000. Eleven people showed up to remove
earth from 515 feet of path to form some of the mounds. Champion then
made the rest of the mounds with earth scrapped from the surroundings
by hand and with the aid of a small bobcat when the six vesicas were
made. In the late winter of 2001-2002, he dug out three inches of earth
from the path and added an inch or so of small river rock. The design
is 142 feet long and between 25 and 50 feet wide. It points more or
less east/west and is the beginning of the Art Line, which is part of
the Art Line Project. The goal of the project is to facilitate the installation
of a labyrinthine design in each of 14 states at the same latitude (39
degrees north) across the country. Serendipitously, the 39 degree north
latitude divides the country in half. For more information on the Art
Line project go to Toby Evan's site, http://www.prairielabyrinth.com.
Alex and Joan, Marilyn Larson, with Toby and some of her friends laid
out the 9 vesica-petaled flower design at Toby's place in Missouri.
Later, Marilyn noted that Toby and the Champions' homes were both on
the same latitude. In fact, they are within one fifth of a mile from
being at the same latitude. This is how the placement of the line was
established.
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