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His interested shifted to sacred geometry, more appropriately known as natural geometry, in the 1980's. He started making labyrinths and symbolic mazes into earthworks in 1987, and founded his business EARTH SYMBOLS. Being an amateur gardener all his life, it became natural for him to transform earthworks into sculptured gardens. This type of garden fits in with his naturalist philosophy, where the earthworks are in harmony with the environment.   He applies the principles of sacred geometry and geomancy in his designs and work. As an experienced dowser, he uses dowsing to look for energy lines before, during and after each earth symbol is constructed.  He has made over 70 installations representing 30 designs, over the past 13 years throughout the United States. He has constructed over 40 earthworks, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area and Mendocino County in California.   Dr. Champion will lecture on mazes, labyrinths, and other symbols. He speaks on the history of labyrinths and mazes, the concept of the labyrinth, sacred geometry, archetypal symbols, his research on subtle energies in this work and stories of his work."},{"label":"Search SCL Digital Archives for this Author","value":["Champion, Alex"]},{"label":"Search Author or Book in Library Catalog","value":"Search for works by Alex Champion in the <a href=\"https://find.sonomalibrary.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=%22Champion%2C+Alex%22&te=&rt=false%7C%7C%7CAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">library catalog</a>"},{"label":"Author Website","value":"View <a href=\"http://www.earthsymbols.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal or professional website</a> for Alex Champion"},{"label":"Search Author in Open Library","value":"Search for works by Alex Champion in <a href=\"https://openlibrary.org/search/authors?q=Champion+Alex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Library</a>"},{"label":"Sort Title","value":"Alex Champion"},{"label":"Significant Title","value":"Earth Mazes"},{"label":"Digital Archives Identifier","value":"alex_champion"},{"label":"Digital Archives Collection Name(s)","value":["Sonoma County Local Authors"]},{"label":"Date Added","value":"2016/04/22"},{"label":"Filename","value":"alex_champion.jpg"},{"label":"Title","value":"Alex Champion"},{"label":"Item Type","value":["Text"]},{"label":"Item Format or Genre","value":["Biography files","Bibliographies","Portraits","Photographs"]},{"label":"Search SC Local Arts for this Author or Artist","value":"<a href=\"https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/documents?filter_363=alex_champion&applyState=true\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Champion</a>"},{"label":"Collection(s)","value":["Sonoma County Local Authors"]},{"label":"Author Name (Controlled)","value":["Alex Champion"]}],"description":"Alex Champion","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/728d953f-e0f9-4c4a-b3a0-f92511461324/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Alex Champion","height":446,"width":450,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/728d953f-e0f9-4c4a-b3a0-f92511461324/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/728d953f-e0f9-4c4a-b3a0-f92511461324","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1]}]},"height":446,"width":450},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/728d953f-e0f9-4c4a-b3a0-f92511461324/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/728d953f-e0f9-4c4a-b3a0-f92511461324/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/728d953f-e0f9-4c4a-b3a0-f92511461324/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/logo"}