THE BODY OF LAKE MICHIGAN,  a suspended blue sculpture, was constructed with the use of the physical characteristics data of Lake Michigan, collected  by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). 

The width and length of the sculpture (28’ long x 14’ wide) is constructed in the scale of 1:58,000 to the actual lake.  The depth of the sculpture (4’ 0), however, is constructed in the scale of  1:230, which exaggerates the  depth of the lake, enabling the lake bottom features to be seen more easily and dramatically. 

The sculpture is also aligned to the geography of the earth’s surface just as Lake Michigan itself is aligned.