The collaborative team of Louise and Bennett Blackburn has completed their first mosaic commission! Okay, Okay, it was a request by son Barak for a stoveside countertop that would turn a useless 13 inch void next to the range into a heat-proof surface. Louise did the mosaic from broken tile in stock Home Despot colors (cant wait till we special order some really vibrant colors). The plywood slab was actually the sink cutout from the Vermont camp kitchen.....ah the virtues of recycling..... and the legs were a simple mortise and tenon structure of mahogany.
Also included is a shot of a very early mosaic collaboration done out of piece of Vermont quartzite. Louise thought it should be presented as a pendant, so I made a steel hanging frame, which was drilled into the stone and covered with hammered lead, and recently we hung the piece from two trees with chain. It swings slightly in the wind. It hangs at the edge of our property next to a town park that has a jogging/walking/rollerblading track around the perimeter. We keep changing the sculptures which are shared with the aerobic pubilc. Our best to all of you....BSB
Posted by Bennett
at 10:24 AM EDT
