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finished mural at rignt (click for larger view)
The
site...North Hills, the corner of Langdon Ave. and Rayen Street (near Sepulveda
and Nordhoff)
Operating
on the the property of the Church of Sepulveda is a youth outreach organization
called North Valley Caring Services. I approached this group during the
summer of '03 and proposed a large scale ceramic mural project which could
involve the children of the community. We put our heads together and wrote
a grant for the Neighborhood Matching Funds program. We were awarded a
grant for phase one of this project - The Flora and Fauna of Southern
California. Phase one will depict sealife, from the ocean's depths ascending
through a reef and up to the shoreline and beach.
I
have done extensive research and all the wildlife in the mural will be indigenous
to our coastline so you won't see any angel fish! You will see everything
from octopus to jellies and even some blow up details of plankton, parasites
and Garibaldi.
The
project is meant to be educational as well as an opportunity for children
to experience the wonderful clay medium. And the main goal is to provide
an element of beauty for the community.
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to main installation page
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After
the main drawing is enlarged, a tracing is made on 6mil plastic
sheeting.
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Doug
(my SO) does a lot of the behind-the-scenes work like building this
massive sturdy table. But here he's just getting dirty.
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Art
Sanchez is the lead assistant. He has been there to help every step
of the way and is very skilled. Here is holding a shark he made.
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Alec
Echevarria getting a kick out of Samantha's zany approach to community
service.
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Teamwork!
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Wendy
is a very meticulous artist.
She worked on a special detail plaque of jelly fish.
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Alec
working hard on his "plankton" study.
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Carving
by the book!
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A
little smile for the camera from Sam and me.
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Left
to right: Armando, Rigo and Oliver each have become "regulars"
at the studio and I love their work.
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This
is a detail from section 2....of one of our favorite elements....
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Adrianna
and Kryzel...beautiful girls doing beautiful work.
These
kids had a ball one day making starfish and small fish.
Each
participant gets to sign a border tile.
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The
elements of section 1 (bone dry clay...we'll start glazing after
all the opieces are formed)
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