–fundraiser

Last Saturday night, we donated an architectural portrait of Sierra Madre School for their annual fundraiser–offered up for the silent auction.

I’m not sure if there is such a phrase as “architectural portrait”, but I like saying it… it sounds like I know what I’m talking about.

To capture this image, I used some existing photographs of the school as well as took a lot of my own to interpret the building in tile.  Drawing onto bisque tile with wax does not really allow perfection and detailed rendering, but it does show the hand in the work.

Speaking of phrases…this is one of our favorite phrases these days…seeing the hand in the work.  Our tile work is often about embracing the uncontrollable.  There are elemental forces at work with clay, glazes, firing…and the human hand–all tend have a mind of their own.

The finished tile was mounted in a wood frame making it about 12.5 inches and ready to hang on the wall.  A bit of the process is shown below.

We also got a wee bit of press from an online newspaper called the Patch.  It shows some photos of the fundraiser for Sierra Madre School and our tile made the cut.  We were also involved with the student-made mosaic stepping stones (shown).

http://sierramadre.patch.com/articles/sierra-madre-school-auction-rakes-in-over-60000-to-use-toward-making-a-difference#photo-5445628