Mosiac Mural - Tyler, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 21.148 W 095° 18.047
15S E 283489 N 3581832
The bottom appears to be a package. Above it on the left is a girl riding a horse and on the left a man with his arms raised. Behind and above them is a woman holding a bouquet of flowers. Around the woman is an airplane, fish, duck and flowers.
Waymark Code: WMQZ42
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2016
Views: 5
While Millard Sheets designed the buildings and the murals, he had assistants who did the fabrication and installation. This was the process used.
Assembling thousands of small, delicate glass pieces into final works of art was a tedious process, indeed. Typically, the tiles were first carefully glued face down onto a brown-paper cartoon, a large-scale drawing of the design projected backward. Next, the tile-laden brown paper was applied to the wall in sections, this time with the backs of the tiles adhered to the wall. The brown paper was then dampened and peeled away from the tiles, revealing the final design for the first time, now ready for grouting and finishing touches.
City: Tyler
Location Name: Wisenbaker Building
Artist: Millard Sheets
Date: 1958-1959
Media: Glass Mosiac inbedded in cement wall
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