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This
is the scene of the project. Here is the base waterwall overlooking
the swimming pool. The water will cascade into a basin and
then be recirculated. Our project will involve a mosaic veneer
on the face of the wall and the two sides as well as the basin
perimeter. Our mosaic work will cover close to 500 square
feet of area.
In
this photo Saundra and Tom have been digitally inserted along
with the artist rendering to give you an idea of the scale
of the project. The main waterwall is 14 feet high and 30
feet wide.
Here is one
of the beginning steps, breaking up the square tiles into
irregular shapes with a hammer. Not quite what John envisioned
in his retirement. However, he quickly found a more upright
way to break up the tiles.
While most of
the mosaic work will be in broken up porcelain tiles, we wanted
to incorporate some design elements in fused glass. Here are
a couple of seagulls and a sandpiper (above) and some more
sandpipers below.
We constructed
a full scale rendering on brown construction paper. Our plan
was to put two tables together end to end and then work the
mosaic design from the left to the right.
Here is a fused glass piece that we submitted to our client
as our suggestion for the turtle coloring.
We started with the mosaic work for the basin area. Here
is Alex (above) and Heather (below) working on the shades
of blue water.
Here Heather and Alex are working on the red umbrella.
Now we are starting to see some real progress as we completed
our first 3' x 14' section. We are setting the tiles dry and
then capturing them by carefully laying a clear tile tape
over the top. We next cut out sections to manageable sizes
and mark label them so we will know where they fit upon re-assembly
of the big jigsaw puzzle.
Another
section completed. You can see how some of the glass design
elements (sandpipers, umbrella pole, shore line, sea oats,
fencing) are surrounded by the irregular mosaic tiles.
A
close-up of a couple of sandpipers.
Alex,
John and Heather taking a pause for a photoshoot.
Saundra has laid out some glass sea oats and fence.
Here
you can see how nice the seagulls look in the mosaic sky.
And
now "Introducing the Migrating Turtles"
Close-up
of turtle (more colorful when we remove the tile tape).
Heather
and Alex finishing up a sand section.
Heather and Alex celebrating the completion of another
section.
Here
is a close-up showing our incorporation of actual North Carolina
beach shells into the mosaic.
Here the team of mosaic artisans working on a section.
No way around it, one tile at a time.
John (Tile and Tape manager) surverying the progress.
Saundra, our artist.
Tom and John sifting through the pile for the perfect
shaped tile.
Alex and John finishing off another section.
Tom removing a taped-off section.
I think a piece is out of place!
Another section completed.
Here we have the completed and labeled sections carefully
stacked on a table. This is going to be one gigantic jigsaw
puzzle.
Here is one of the two mosaic turtles (3') to go into the
swimming pool wall
JB and Tom loading up for the trip to installation site
JB and Scott Sills(owner, Custom Tileworks) prepping the
surface
Ya gotta start somewhere so we decided on top left
Marching right along with some fencing and sea oats
Still doing our scaffolding work - added some seagulls
Wearing our hard hats and working in unison
JB attending to detail at the top
A view from the scaffolding. Here is where that third hand
sure comes in handy.
Heather getting some sections ready for installation
Tom and his seagull pose
Heather and Alex
Heather being Heather
Good progress with the seagulls in flight and the sea oats
flowing in the ocean breeze
Umbrellas and turtles. Did you happen to notice that the
sky is now clear (no clouds)?
Here is an elevated side view - note how we wrapped the design
around the corner
How peaceful is this?
Day four progress - lot's of turtles and tape plus the beginnings
of some water.
Scott placing one of the large turtles on the swimming pool
wall
End of day four - both turtles in the pool
Close up of the large sea turtles
Ahoy!!!! Now this is what I was talking about!! The pool
if filled with water, water is cascading down the waterwall
and landscaping has been added.
Close-up of sea turtles in the swimming pool
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