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Helen Yrmom
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This started with a quick sketch for what the client described as a “simple oval” reflection pool.
Client feedback: “Not football-shaped. I want it rounded at the ends like a circle.”
Me: “Ah… so an oblong!”
Client: “Yes, an oval.” 🤭
We’ve converged. Here’s the latest rendering of the concept. Let me know what you think and if Nostr is interested in following along.

By the way I’ve never designed nor built a reflection pond before. This will go to an actual engineer if the client wants me to build it. Don’t tell anyone but most of the projects I take on I have never attempted before. 🤫



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Eric FJ 🪬⚡️ · 2w
Super interested in following along! Every project has unique constraints and nobody is fully qualified. You can just build things 😎
Cykros · 2w
To be fair while I can totally see that these are different shapes, if I had to be honest I'd have called that an oval too. But, insisting that it's called an oval after you announced that it's called an oblong...yea, this is the biggest reason I'm not remotely interested in doing what you do. The ...
YODL · 2w
It looks cool, and I'm all about following along with random things on nostr, always fun. My high school math brain kicked in, sorry, and I wondered what an elliptical (a proper, mathematical one) pool with a jet at each focus would look like, since I suspected it would lead to some cool interferenc...
Kendy · 2w
Is the jet intended to be very gentle and low flow rate? Otherwise the reflections may get distorted and disrupted too much
Benking · 2w
Honestly that’s one of the coolest parts of being creative 😄Half of design is just confidently figuring things out as you go.And the “oval vs oblong” conversation is painfully relatable 😂 The concept already looks beautiful though. Clean, calm, and intentional.Definitely keep sharing th...
BitLo · 1d
Pretty cool. Seems like you managed this client well. 🤪