Collaborations
October 7th, 2023 Memorial Wall
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October 7 was a day of shock, tragedy, heartbreak, and loss.
We will never be the same. Two Israeli artists, Iris, the initiator of the mural, and Nili, a mosaic artist, created a way to memorialize the 1400 who lost there lives that day. Each butterfly traveled to Modi’in, Israel to be installed on site. I was honored to be asked to participate. |
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Every Drop Counts
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This project, created in February 2023, is meant to show the impact we have on our waterways. It was created through the Watershed Coalition in Flint, MI.
Each artist was asked to make one drop to go in a community mosaic. |
Selfie Couch
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“Krystie Rose designed the mosaic "Selfie Sofa" after discovering that interactive and functional elements in new public art were top priorities by community respondents in ARTLINE community surveys. It is anticipated that the sofa will be located in the area of 16th and Reed Streets in Lakewood, CO. Krystie Rose has been designing and fabricating the artwork at 40 West Studios along with a small group of assistants and volunteers over the past year and will continue to do so until completion. Expected installation date is Spring of 2019.”
I was fortunate enough to work with Krystie on building and preparing the couch to get it ready for mosaic applications. 
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The Ruins Project
The Sanctuary Angel
“Rachel has made a lifelong commitment to transforming the walls of a former coal mine on her property, dubbed The Ruins Project, into a long-term mosaic art installation. This mosaic pilgrimage park is attracting artists, students, art appreciators and travelers from all over the world to her little home in Whitsett, Pennsylvania. The Ruins Project is a long-term mosaic installation that represents the vision of one Pennsylvania artist but welcomes the hands, hearts, and hammers of mosaic enthusiasts from around the world.”
I was able to participate in this amazing installation during the fall of 2018. It was there that I created the Ruins Angel, using materials sourced from the ground and river beds. The base is an iron jack used in the mine. The Angel is placed in what Rachel calls “The Shrine Room”.
“Rachel has made a lifelong commitment to transforming the walls of a former coal mine on her property, dubbed The Ruins Project, into a long-term mosaic art installation. This mosaic pilgrimage park is attracting artists, students, art appreciators and travelers from all over the world to her little home in Whitsett, Pennsylvania. The Ruins Project is a long-term mosaic installation that represents the vision of one Pennsylvania artist but welcomes the hands, hearts, and hammers of mosaic enthusiasts from around the world.”
I was able to participate in this amazing installation during the fall of 2018. It was there that I created the Ruins Angel, using materials sourced from the ground and river beds. The base is an iron jack used in the mine. The Angel is placed in what Rachel calls “The Shrine Room”.
Patchwork House Quilt- 2022
"The quilt, that most American of art forms, was our template for pulling you into a niche in time. Each coal company house may have been a cookie-cutter of its neighbor, but inside was a family, as diverse as the artists who bring their art to The Ruins.
The Quilt Artists used their unique skills to represent the vibrancy locked inside the sameness of the patch house. The block frames followed a predetermined design and then each artist's block was installed to build three, veryquilt-ish compositions.
From patterns like flying geese, nine patches, log cabins and even a Gees Bend inspired house to grandmother's china and heirloom plates to Scottish tartan and houndstooth fabric houses. These talented artists dove into the deep end ofquilt-ishness Enjoy perusing the photos and have fun matching the artist to the house. You can match each name to each house by their corresponding number/letter identifications."
-Sager Mosaics
Learn more about this project here.
The Quilt Artists used their unique skills to represent the vibrancy locked inside the sameness of the patch house. The block frames followed a predetermined design and then each artist's block was installed to build three, veryquilt-ish compositions.
From patterns like flying geese, nine patches, log cabins and even a Gees Bend inspired house to grandmother's china and heirloom plates to Scottish tartan and houndstooth fabric houses. These talented artists dove into the deep end ofquilt-ishness Enjoy perusing the photos and have fun matching the artist to the house. You can match each name to each house by their corresponding number/letter identifications."
-Sager Mosaics
Learn more about this project here.
The Ruins Beehive
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This current project is for anyone interested in color. There are many ways to do a color study.
The Beehive is a collaboration of several hundred ruins artists who are participating in this installation. |
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The Polka Dot Project
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