Rain Scale is rooted in its site and powered by its environment. It receives information from the site and transmits this information to the viewer. Besides fitting space and place, the sculptures become visual symbols of their environment. Half of Rain Scale’s upper stainless steel ring – 18’’ diameter, 2021 pounds - is an open trough that catches rain. The other half is a closed channel. The ring is delicately balanced to within one gram of equilibrium. Very little rainfall will cause the ring to rock back and forth like a seesaw. The 50’’ diameter rusted steel arch reflects in the pond, creating a complete circle. The stainless steel ring is a circle, and when the ring tips and spills its bounty into the pond, the ripples are circles. These circles remind us of the cycle of rain from ocean to land and back again.