St Wilfred’s is a Sarasota Episcopalian church surrounded by charming wooded grounds. Mother Joyce, the parish priest there, had a vision of a garden worship area where her congregation might gather among the trees and shrubs. Her committee reached out to Splashmosaic to design a mosaic themed altar and aisle. International Stone was selected to fabricate a limestone altar with carved insets to receive...
This restoration of this 60 year old tile mosaic monument at the Warm Mineral Springs park was commissioned by the City of Northport Florida. About 75% of the original tile had to be replaced with new tile in as close a color match as could be found today. The mini (mosaic) tiles could not be replaced and so some of the lettering was rescaled...
The 60 year old Beachcomber resort in Venice Florida has its two 6 foot mosaic seahorses restored. The two seahorses adorning the beach facing side of the two story resort building had deteriorated over the years and required some urgent attention. The job required all chipped tile to be removed down to the substrate and replaced with custom made tile to match the old...
The Mable Ringling Fountain mosaic was commissioned by the Sarasota Alliance for Historical preservation to restore the disused fountain in Luke Wood Park Sarasota originally commissioned in honor of the wife circus tycoon John Ringling in 1936. The outer 80 foot, outer perimeter mosaic was required to be made from sliced paving brick tesserae to match the brick theme of the four stairways. The...
When The Isles HOA of Sarasota decided they wanted a mosaic to adorn the side of their clubhouse they contacted Splashmosaic to discuss some designs. The neighborhoods residents got to cast votes on which of the colored sketches submitted to use. The result was this colorful 20 sq/ft waterbird in a Florida setting. The piece is some 40 foot in the air on the...
