Original Butterfly Garden What we now call Cortez Creek was an idea of an ex-student of mine wo became the manager of the Florida Maritime Museum in Cortez Florida. Kristin Sweeting contacted me about creating an ADA compliant mosaic pavement in the grounds butterfly garden, where only a shell path existed before. With over 200 square feet of ground to cover we knew it...
Kumquat Court in downtown Sarasota is not exactly one of the cities tourist destinations, however when the Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center ran a four week mosaic class this Summer, students wanted to do something with their new skills. The property has gates facing Kumquat Ct that are now covered front and back with glittering mosaic tesserae. The materials include bottles and discarded...
Local volunteers will mosaic these gateposts at the entrance to Sarasota’s Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center. Thanks to Lacasa tile of Sarasota for donations of dumpster destined tile. Basically we are giving Kumquat Court a facelift with old bottles and recycled trash. Watch for...
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...