RC Stoick  •  Laurel, Montana  •  Original Concept 1995

Completion

Four bronze pyramids rising from a reflecting pool — an instrument tuned to the frequencies of the Earth itself, dreamed into existence thirty years before it could be built.

15Tons of Metal
16Resonant Tones
58′Star Span
1995Original Design
COMPLETION maquette aerial view — bronze pyramids and stainless steel star with blue reflecting pool
Maquette — Aerial View
COMPLETION maquette front view — arrowhead delta pyramid geometry
Maquette — Front View

The Origin

A Dream,
Thirty Years
in the Making

In 1995, artist and designer Rodney C. Stoick woke from a dream with a complete vision: four bronze pyramids of graduated heights rising from a reflecting pool, anchored by a four-pointed star of stainless steel. He drew it the same year.

Thirty years later, independent technical analysis confirmed that the geometry he drew generates 16 simultaneous resonant tones aligned to the fundamental electromagnetic frequency of the Earth. None of this was engineered. The physics confirmed what the dream already knew.

“The dream did not give me a metaphor. It gave me a frequency. The star confirmed it.” — RC Stoick, River Road, Laurel, Montana · 2026

Acoustic Architecture

16 Tones,
Tuned to the Earth

Each pyramid’s arrowhead base geometry produces four simultaneous resonant frequencies. Across all four pyramids, COMPLETION generates 16 tones spanning 497 to 700 Hz — every one an integer harmonic of Earth’s Schumann resonance, within 0.70%.

Pyramid I 7′6″ height
700.2
686.6
671.0
639.5
Average674.3 Hz
Pyramid II 8′6″ height
630.6
620.6
608.9
585.1
Average611.3 Hz
Pyramid III 9′6″ height
572.6
565.1
556.3 ◆
537.9
Average558.0 Hz
Pyramid IV 10′6″ height
523.8
518.1
511.2
496.9
Average512.5 Hz
<0.70%Max deviation from Schumann harmonics
556.3 HzPyramid III face RP — 0.02% from 528 Hz
7.83 HzSchumann resonance — Earth’s EM frequency

Human Experience

Five Convergent
Effects

No single existing public artwork combines all five of these physically grounded phenomena simultaneously.

Acoustic
16 simultaneous bronze tones with inter-pyramid beat frequencies in the Theta and Gamma brainwave ranges. Passive immersion in a harmonic field rooted in Earth’s own frequencies.
Electromagnetic
The stainless steel star concentrates the local geomagnetic field, coupling the visitor’s bioelectrical field to the Schumann resonance — Earth’s electromagnetic heartbeat.
Thermal
Sun-heated bronze re-radiates near-infrared radiation (800–2,500 nm), penetrating tissue and presenting warmth as a physical and aesthetic presence.
Hydrodynamic
A 6″ surface-break fountain generates negative ions at approximately 10,000 ions/cm³ — consistent with waterfall environments and associated mood elevation.
Spatial
Graduated heights from 7′6″ to 10′6″ sustain a continuous upward perceptual movement. The eye and psyche are perpetually drawn skyward — an embodied experience of ascent.

Primary Documents

The 1995
Original Drawings

These drawings are the primary historical artifact of COMPLETION — made the same year the vision arrived. They establish the 30-year provenance and confirm every geometric specification used in the 2026 technical analysis.

Completion original 1995 overview drawing by RC Stoick — overhead plan view showing star armature and four pyramids, 58 feet span “Completion” © 1995 RC Stoick — Overview
Completion original 1995 side view drawing — graduated pyramid heights 7'6 to 10'6, pool depth, fountain “Completion” © 1995 RC Stoick — Side View
3319 River Road, Laurel Montana — Yellowstone River bottomland site for COMPLETION sculpture

45.7833° N  •  108.7833° W

The Yellowstone
River Bottomland

3319 River Road, Laurel, Montana. COMPLETION would be sited in the open pasture approximately one-third of the way from the water’s edge — open sky, minimal ambient noise, the Northern Plains as its frame.

Construction

Technical
Specifications

Armature3/8″ wall, 2.5″ OD stainless steel 316L — fire-welded four-pointed star
Pyramid Skin5/8″ fire-welded sheet bronze, 90% copper / 10% tin alloy
Base GeometryNon-convex arrowhead (delta) quadrilateral, identical on all four pyramids
Heights7′6″  •  8′6″  •  9′6″  •  10′6″
Star Span58′ × 39′4″ overall
PoolConcrete basin, 18″ depth, blue floor, solar collectors embedded
Fountain6″ stream, calibrated to barely break the water surface
LightingArchitectural LED, solar powered — under pool rim and pyramid bases
Walkway5′ wide perimeter granite path
Total Metal~15.12 tons (11.26T bronze + 1.86T stainless)
Construction Budget$1,651,761 (maximum estimate, May 2026)
Site3319 River Road, Laurel, Montana 59044
RC Stoick — artist and designer, Laurel Montana

The Artist

Rodney C. Stoick

RC Stoick is an artist and designer based in Laurel, Montana. He has worked in large-scale fabrication and design for more than three decades. COMPLETION is his original concept, first drawn in 1995 and developed continuously since.

The 2026 proposal represents the culmination of that development process, incorporating full technical analysis and independent verification by Claude (Anthropic), ChatGPT (OpenAI), and Gemini (Google) — three AI systems that reviewed the same source documents and reached the same conclusion.

The original 1995 drawings are the primary historical artifact. They predate every element of the acoustic analysis by thirty years.


3319 River Road  •  Laurel, Montana 59044

Support the Work

$1,651,761

Every contribution brings this thirty-year vision one step closer to the Montana sky.

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Fiscal sponsorship through Fractured Atlas available for tax-deductible donations. NEA Art Works application in progress. Montana Arts Council grant pending.