Fabrication is Complete

Comfortably ahead of our deadline, we finished the fabrication last Thursday! We are now able to keep a less demanding work schedule as we transition to our respective traveling holidays. On Friday afternoon, we packaged up each piece and secured them to the shelves of our shipping crates. This week we’ll do all the final things needed to go down to Mexico with us for installation. As I type this, Rochelle is mixing our custom mineral pigment blend into a 50 lb bag of thinset. We plan to mix up an additional partial bag to make sure we have plenty with us!

Here are pictures of our work from the last two weeks. We are definitely ready for our time away! Rochelle and Kirk will be heading to Spain on Saturday for a two week trip, and Bob and I set off for our 6 week adventure in the south of France and Spain on September 12.

After I return, we quickly take this whole project to the client, who lives in the Salem area, to load in the truck that goes to Mexico. Then, we fly down for installation on November 4. It’s been a whirlwind year, and we are thrilled to be on this journey!

Focused on the last sections of the pool wall portion.

A glimpse into Lynn’s fussy method. For these last sections, I just had to draw out some andamento to guide me!

The final stone tesserae are set into place.

Laying out the entire work. We’ve fabricated 24 sections. The sections around the pergola beams and the scupper on the pool wall will be created on site, to tightly fit around those elements.

The pool wall mosaic laid out. The section not done here will be finished on site.

Detail with cool found metal piece.

Detail with the awesome clutch plate we salvaged and made pretty.

Happy artists sitting with their work.

Wrapping a section to the shelf.

Teamwork!

Inserting the shelf into the crate, the handiwork of my jack-of-all-trades Rochelle!