After over two years gathering great ideas from our gardeners, neighbors
and other community members, the design work for our mosaic is almost
complete! Artists Vicki Robinson and Cheryl
Knox have a template for the final artwork. There will also be more opportunities to participate during our mosaic
production and installation process, so make sure to keep an eye out for
those announcements if you'd like to help out.
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Mosaic design taped to front wall |
The materials will be
very durable (grouted glass).
Seattle Mosaic Arts in Wallingford has
volunteered their time to tutor the two artists though the process, as
the 4x 7' mosaic involves a good deal of steps. Claire and her assists
have provided ongoing support to the process.
The
glass pieces are put on a semi-adhesive surface (contact paper)
underneath is the original drawing.
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Vicki and Cheryl try out iridescent glass on the honeybee's wings. |
When the image is ready to be put in place, a much more adhesive film of plastic is put on top, and then
it's pulled away from the contact paper. The piece is then ready to be
set into the permanent surface with thinslip.
Here's Claire Barnett at Seattle Mosaic Arts tutoring us in the process.
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Claire Barnett at Seattle Mosaic Arts |
Vicki and Cheryl created sample mosaics to learn more about the indirect process of making mosaics.
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Sample "test" leaf made by Vicki and Cheryl |
It's going to bee beautiful!
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