Installation Postponed

Hello everyone!
There has been a change of dates to the intallation for the benches. Because of a few problems at the location, this will be postponed until Monday, October 13th, 2008. I will keep you updated if anything changed.

-Anahli

Yes!Mosaic Benches Are Done!

Mary on the Day & Night Guitar bench

I am very proud to announce that THE MOSAIC BENCHES ARE COMPLETED! It's been a long process and tiring days, but no matter what came across, we were able to finish this wonderful project! We checked our dates and noticed that we finish all three benches in a time period of 4 and a half months.We couldn't believe it ourselves! Preparation for the project, collecting materials, design layouts, meetings, and steel framework waiting was 3 and a half moths, while working on the benches in their entirety was a month. The images below are the completed benches: Mother Earth Day & Night Guitar
Three Leaves

And there they are! All we need to do is clean the tiles/pieces and glaze them, and they would be ready to go! The benches would be installed on Thursday, October 9th at the SDBA location on Vernor St. We are 2 days ahead of our deadline, and couldn't be happier.

We attended a meeting at Cafe Con Leche and when it was over, some of our fellow artists and supporters from CCS, the Skillman Foundation, and fellow SW Detroit residents followed us back to Mary's garage to take a peek at the finished benches. They were in awe and congratulated us! They touched the benches' tiles, admired their beauty, and gave them a test ride. Were the seating comfortable? Yes. And what about the backs? Definitely.But the job isn't over 'til it's over. This project will be finished once the beautiful mosaic benches are installed on the ground.

The next and final update will be the instillation of the benches! If you would like to witness their"grand installment", stop by to the SDBA location on Vernor St.

See you there...

-Anahli