Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

113: Four Seasons Mosaic


My family and I visited the installed mosaic series on this very hot, very humid morning. This is the summer panel. For more shots of the completed and installed panels, check out our Facebook page.


I felt a bit shocked to see the small size of the bolts used to attach the panels to the brick wall, one in each corner of each mosaic. My husband assures me the ones used are long enough and strong enough to do the job.


The entire series, followed by a few images from the courtyard garden and water feature. All ceramic objects were created and glazed by kindergarten through fifth grade students.





My husband, the metalsmith and manager of our business, Phoenix Handcraft, designed and built this beautiful bridge with some assistance from fifth grade students at the school. You can see the mosaic series and garden in the background. For more shots of this bridge, see our Facebook album.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Friday, May 27, 2011

110: Fountain of Rebellion



Hit the pedestrian mall fountain for the first time of the season today. Discovered that I still have that ol' rebellious streak, at least as far as mall cops are concerned. They busted me twice. Soon after we arrived, a yellow-shirted man on a Segway rolled up to me and asked me to put my shoes back on. Later, another yellow shirt told me I wasn't allowed to photograph the stores. "They get really upset when you do that." I'm not sure which was more refreshing, the water or seeing that I can still ruffle some feathers.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

109: Mundane




I think I will work with this theme of "mundane" for a while, at least on and off. It provides an interesting challenge, and on those days we don't leave the house, this type of subject matter is all I generally have to work with anyway!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

108: Vintage



I'm becoming a bit more comfortable with the editing tools I have available.