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| It's a long way up... |
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| And a long way down! |
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| Saskia and Mike managed to get this piece in without a catastrophe |
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| Back to normal (and safe) installing |
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| The earth is flat |
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| End of day four! |
MOSAIKA IS EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH DIXIE FRIEND GAY AGAIN. TOGETHER WE ARE INSTALLING A LARGE MURAL IN A NEW BUILDING FOR SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY AT THE LONE STAR EXTENSION CAMPUS IN THE WOODLANDS. THE MOSAIC SPANS 4 STORIES AND EXTENDS OUTSIDE. IT'S MADE OF CERAMIC TILE,GLASS SMALTI AND HAND-FORMED CERAMIC PIECES BASED ON POLLEN, WETLAND ANIMALS AND PLANT LIFE. CHECK OUT DIXIE'S BLOG AT DIXIEFRIENDGAY.BLOGSPOT.COM
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| We will be peeling off the tape and cleaning any mortar that came through for a while... |
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| We are working our way up to the first set of stairs |
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| It's getting a bit difficult to reach |
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| Some different perspectives of the same area... |
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| It feels safer than it looks |
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| This is the last piece we can put in before Mike has to install more scaffolding while we try to help |
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| End of day three |
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| Dixie's team Pink Hard Hats |
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| Mortar Mike is part of the team too! |
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| We are happy to be back in the Woodlands! |
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| An impressive and intimidating wall. |
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| Dixie Friend |
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| The beginning... |
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| Piece #1 out of 141 |
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| We wet the wall so that the mortar does not dry too quickly while we're installing. The neat design is because we don't want to wipe off the chalk lines. |
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| The Pink Ladies working hard. And the pink man. |
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| The pink hat will never go unnoticed. Especially on a construction site! |
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| End of day one. |