Toledo, OH
ASSORTMENT OF PIXEL AND WEAVE MOSAICS
As part of the extensive art package for Promedica Generations Tower’s $355,000,000 state-of-the art patient care facility, I was commissioned to create a series of mosaic wall sculptures in the elevator bays of nine of the floors. The main goal was to create a collection of visually enticing mosaics that would relate to each other but still exude their own distinct personality. Embodying two unique designs, "Pixel" and "Weave", the collection consists of a variety of configurations with palettes that were required to correspond to the way-finding color designated to each floor. Each of these hand-cut glass mosaics, which are a joyful homage to the game pieces and building blocks of my childhood toy chest, offer a playful element of surprise. As the viewer enters the elevator bays, the mosaics appear to be two dimensional, but when zeroing in, the varying gauges of the mosaic tiles "pop" unexpectedly, inviting further observation. Luxe materials such as silvered water glass, dichroic glass, and acrylic resin were chosen to both reflect and diffuse the light and escalate visual interest. It is my hope that these spirited mosaics will create the same hypnotic appeal for their viewers, that my childhood building blocks did for me.
