SHINIQUE SMITH - MOTHER CLARA HALE BUS DEPOT

With only a week left of work, we finish up the grouting. Because many days of grouting look the same, here are detail shots of the mosaic. Before w...

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Carrying the heavy load together. By 4pm we were able to move the scissor lift and install over the building's main entrance. One of the nice things about working late is the sunse...

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The first half of Shinique's signature is up. We've finally reached the end of this wall! It`s Saturday and there is a Yankees game so we have a blimp above us for half the day...

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Our final crate arrived today! With most of the mosaic installed, we continue to grout and fix small pieces. Every day we have lunch at a local soul food place. It's about to p...

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End of day 27! Chloe and Marieke with the piece peeled and ready to go. Putting our guidelines on the wall. We use a string to make sure the guidelines on the m...

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Another day where the rain held off and allowed us to work. Mike taking a quick lunch break on the scissor lift. End of day 26!

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Ferruccio cutting the edge for the expansion joint while on the scissor lift. End of day 25!

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We always start our day with chalk lines before installing. Our view of the Bronx across the river. The grout scissor lift. Marieke and Chloe removing the plastic and clean...

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Magda and Valentina on their last day of work before going home. Ferruccio and Jeff continue to grout. One of the smaller pieces ever to be installed. Shinique Smith checki...

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A closeup of some of the amazing work from our glazing studio. Our grouting scissor lift sits empty as we all work on installing today. End of day 19! Mike and Ferr...

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The butterfly is out of its box and on the wall. Although very unlikely, we still tape the butterfly to the mosaic to make sure it doesn't fall out before the mortar sets up. A neat de...

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End of day 14! We've reached the top of the 4th panel (there are ten). The piece before back buttering. The huge piece going on the wall (it's 4 feet high and 2 1/2...

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We have beautiful blue skies today. They brought up the first of two huge air conditioners. We wisely got out of its way. We were able go back to work when the air conditioner was ...

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We carefully bring up the more delicate pieces on a piece of pink. Mike is just cleaning up along the expansion joint. By the afternoon we are already able to peel and clean ou...

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We weren't able to work for three days due to rain. Not surprisingly, our paper didn't survive but it managed to stay on site! Magda is replacing missing pieces on the first sectio...

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We are adding the glass insects on site for the first 4 panels, the rest will be done at our studio. We are using both scissor lifts now that we are installing the 3rd panel. ...

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Mike making a straight line straighter. Our top row is ready for tomorrow. End of day 9!

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Going up! Valentina is all smiles at 7am. The detail is revealed once we peel the tape off the front... Another beautiful butterfly insert by Peters Studios. ...

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We were able to install 5 pieces before it started to pour rain. Rain drops on the lens. After two hours the rain cleared up and we were able to resume work. Despite the ra...

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Valentina contemplating her next move... Mike and Valentina preparing and cutting our top row. The top pieces will go up tomorrow, in the meantime Ferruccio and Magda peel and ...

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Magda is putting paper on the wall to protect the new brick from our mortar. We start most days by putting guidelines on the wall. Ferruccio is pushing the scissor lift away from t...

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Valentina preparing the piece to install. Mike preparing the wall to install. The ceramic and smalti pieces need mortar on the back which we call back buttering. End...

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On our first day two, we were only able to work for 2 hours before it started to pour. Second Time Valentina and Magda find a way to back butter the piece on the scissor lift. ...

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Our first day at the work site. Denis is our instructor today on the proper and safe use of the jumbo scissor lift. The construction site of the inside of the bus depot. The wall t...

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