peacocking

Another dream project swung my way.  I have wanted to do a peacock feather for a long time and kept throwing it out to organizations in proposals and finally got a YES!  Plus, they asked for a companion piece, and I chose a whole peacock. On the 30th, I get to see them both hung up.  I can't wait!  there is so much iridescent in this mosaic. The eye feathers have a ring of irid and also the highlights on his head and neck.

At the beginning, I started to question my decision to go multicolored. Once it was done, I think it makes this bird look even more cheerful.  Both of these go in the MICU in Penn State Hershey Medical Center. 

The feather incorporates tiles made by faculty at the Med Center. They did a fantastic job as you would have guessed.  I regret not having many close-up photos, but I had a phone mishap and lost a bunch of stuff.  I had a great photo of hospital peeps here in my shop working on tiles but unfortunately, that was one that is missing. 

One of the tiles made here at my shop was a cute little ice cream cone.  I had to have that one piece of feather swoop down so the ice cream cone would be upright. It is hard to see but that little drip has an ice cream cone on it. 

year round spring

 

Well?  My part of this project is done. I cannot imagine any "job" being more fun than mine. There was a serious time crunch to get in before it got too cold to install. This side faces the road.  

This side faces the restaurant.  There will be landscaping and lighting, then it gets a cap on the wall but I am DONE.  There were so many scary things in this because it is outdoor.  

My previous post told the story of the project but I was so happy that a plaque also tells our story... forever!

  

Once the kids got their tiles done and I fired and sorted them, then I had to put the 20 ft x 5 ft mosaic together on a 3 ft x 5 ft table.  It was crazy to imagine.  I had to put tables together to accommodate the poofs, sometimes an auxiliary table on each side.

Then I started stacking sections that I had on tape for installation.  They collected cat hair for weeks. I had the same amount of stacks from the back of the wall and the poofs were stored in another room.  Nutty!  If asked to do it again, I would say yes in a heartbeat. Life is good.

I am already onto the next project... a peacock!  Woohoooo!

Cornwall Manor

This was a great project that I don't yet have close ups for but its already delivered.  I hope to attend an unveiling ceremony soon and will get some then.  Cornwall Manor asked me to do a community project with their senior residents.  They glued glass together and I brought it all home and fired it to make tiles. The resulting tiles were AMAZING and used in this mosaic that I put together.  I wasn't sure what to expect but it was by far one of the most rewarding projects to date.  Residents apparently had as much fun as I did because they are talking about the next project. I am going to keep this short because I am up to my ears in the next three projects.  Stay tuned.