It's Finished 45 feet x 10 feet Mosaic Mural

Installation 5 days, 2 people, 90 hours

Mosaic is Completed and Ready to Ship

So the mural is finished. We laid it out once more to do the final checks. Make sure the grout is cleaned off well, tiles are secure, all pieces accounted for. It's still hard to see how it will turn out because the empty spaces have not been removed. The mural will ship on Monday, November 30. Installation begins on Monday, December 7. We are looking forward to visiting Peoria again.

Cutting out the Empty Spaces

All of the empty spaces from the panel are being cut out. The mural will sit on the wall similar to a bas-relief. It will rise above the wall but will remain shallow. The negative spaces will remain on the mural attached by small pieces in order to ship it safely. Once in Peoria we will cut them off completely.

Grouting Time for the 30 Panels

Grouting is messy. We grouted the 30 panels with a dark gray. The grout fills in all of the gaps between the tile and acts as an adhesive.

The Mosaic Portion is Finished...

We finished all of the mosaic. Now it is time to grout it and paint the negative spaces. Two more weeks of work and it will be shipped to the Rio Vista Recreation Center.

The End is Near

Here we drawing on paper to get an idea of where this object would end and what the adjoining part might look like. This is the end of the mural. We hope to have the mosaic part done in a day or two. Next step is grouting the entire piece and painting the negative space.