Closer and Closer To The Finish Line!

Hello everyone!

This is Anahli back on track! So I am VERY excited to announce that our benches are just one step away to being completed!!! All the mosaic tiles and pieces have been placed in their appropriate bench (the seating and the back). All we need to do is grout them, let it dry and set in, clean the tiles, and BAM! They're ready to go! (well, technically, those are four steps, but you get the idea).

The image below are Mary and Christine carefully placing the pieces on one of the leaves of the Leaves bench.

So here is a current image of the Leaves bench.When it comes to the Mother Earth bench, the seating is finished with the pieces and grouting.We have been cleaning the mosaic pieces one by one and removing any unwanted grout particles. The fruit piece of the bench is grouted, but we have to finish the rest.
This is all for now. We will resume to the last tasks in hand and the benches will be ready for installment. The finished product will be in the next update.Stay tune!

-anahli :D

Moving Right Along

It's me, Mary, posting for Anahli. We've been busy, working on all three benches simultaneously. Here's a picture of my team. That's me in the back; Christine next to me in the orange shirt; Anahli with her unmistakable gorgeous bangs (green this week); and Alhan sporting a dusk mask. If I look tired it's because I am. There hasn't been any down time in quite awhile, but I'm not complaining because we've been thoroughly enjoying this process. We're posing next to the Day and Night Guitar, which at this point is close to being completely assembled.



Here it is finally assembled and set in mortar. The grouting process comes next. Most of these are Pewabic tiles, as well as donations by community residents. The ceramic leaves were donated by CCS (College for Creative Studies). The reason the benches are so tall is because they're going to be installed one foot into the ground. The legs will actually be only 17 inches high once installed. (Here, they're 29 inches).


This is the Earth Mother bench. The seat here is assembled but not yet set in mortar. We've completed that task since this picture was taken.


Here I am setting the fruit mural onto the bench back. Assembling the fruit took quite a bit of time but was like meditation for me. You can see more of the leaves from CCS here, above the fruit.


Here I am putting a skin of mortar onto the Three Leaves bench back. The botanical theme is the thread that unites the benches. We expect to be ready for installation by our mid October deadline, if not sooner. There's still quite a bit of work to do, but we're on a roll now. Check back for more updates soon!