Hernry Vales from The Golden Rule Foundation got right to work on the Ergood's Store panel.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
grouters
Lots of helpers from Crealde and the community working sidfe by side to complete this mosaic!
Willy and daughter
Willy's daughter Virginia, who just flew in from New Zealand, (surprising Willy!), adds some tiles to the packing house building.
Last visit to Killarney
Today Kimbrough Jennings and I went to Killareny for the last time, to Ginny Howard's art class, and showed those great kids in our core group one of the mosaic panels -- the half grouted one with two big faces of the aldermen. I wanted to bring my favorite panel, the one with all of the people holding the vote signs, but it is all grouted and was too heavy! This one was great because it showed them another step in the process -- they could see how it looked grouted and ungrouted.
They were really excited and proud. One little girl said " I never thought I'd be involved in something like this." It is wonderful to think someday these kids may bring their kids by and say -- "I drew that person", or "I designed that church!" They wanted to know all the details about how it is being hung on the wall, and how big it is. i think when they finally see it, they will be amazed. it is hard to picture it. I hope a lot of them will be able to make it to the unveiling ceremony!
We are working on the invitation and the press release -- they should be finished soon. And the big grouting session is Sunday -- I hope we can finish it up.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Almost tiled! (right side)
Last Wednesday, with the help of Virginia's brother who was visiting from Boston (and offered a lot of welcome advice), we set the panels out again and photographed them from the top of a ladder. We are really coming along now!
Almost tiled! ( left side )
This is the left-hand side of the mosaic -- almost finished being tiled!
The latest news is that we have decided not to tape the seams -- instead we will let them show in the final project. That way we can continue tiling to the edge of each piece, and even GROUT in the garage, before we hang it on the wall. I'm hoping that this will go well -- hoping grout won't crack, tiles stay put, and that it will look good this way. But it really looks wonderful so far (if I do say so myself!)
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Crealdé Artists!
Willy Lopez, Lynn Tomlinson, Daryl Golden, and Virginia Maxfield stand in front of the project -- finally -- it looks like we have done something!
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