Sangam Ritual Series

Former Smith College President Jill Ker Conway commissioned Michael Singer to create an outdoor sculpture for her property in Conway, Massachusetts. This distinctive site is a terraced woodland lot with mature pine trees and small ponds at two levels of the site. Singer created a curved stone retaining wall at the uppermost terrace as a way to unite the garden. The base of the retaining wall forms a platform for Sangam Ritual Series, a granite, bronze and precast concrete sculpture. Sangam Ritual Series encloses a cistern reservoir that is the source for a sculpted runnel and fountain that pours water back into the ponds, slowly aerating and filtering the water and introducing the sound of flowing water into the woodland garden.

The nearby Garden Shelter was designed and built by Michael Singer Studio as a part of the larger terraced sculptural landscape. The structure is a spare 14’ x 16’ contemplative shelter with a planted roof, sculpted copper and cast concrete details, and stone walkways. The pavilion has built-in wood furniture and sliding window and screen panels.

Artist / Designer: Michael Singer
Singer Studio Project Team: David Loomis, Peter Vandertuin, Eric Slayton, Rob Gurrina, Bob Hannum
Stone Walls: Luis Pagano
Photography: David Stansbury