The Geologic Editions are studies for the Colorado Cascade mural in a variety of colors that reflect the research into making this historical work. Cast glass in a series of twelve sculptural panels, in editions of five (except for #9 which is an edition of seven) each of the series represents another aspect of this initial search for combinations that inform the larger design. The result manifests a story of light and time, layers of events on daily, seasonal, geologic and planetary time scales, apparent in viewing these works over even a short time. They are always changing in the light.
Private clients commissioned David Ruth to create a 21-foot (7-meter) cast glass window for a house designed by KH Webb Architects of Vail, Colorado. Colorado Cascade Mural, is a composite of rock and ice forms from Antarctica and California in thirty interlocking panels with shimmering relief.