3 days later...Rainbow Trout complete!

Okay, so they were non-consecutive days. First I got sick, then Sarah got sick...anyway, not important. What matters is the fish. She/he is done and ready to be put on display at the Universal Precast Example Garden. Let me know if you need one for your garden! Yes, they can be any color and yes, they're heavy. They've got a whole school of 'em up there ready to be tiled (nudge nudge, wink wink)!

Sculptures are great for photo opps!

Opening Day at Legacy Park, the kids are going nuts for these sculptures! They dart along the trails trying to get to the next one faster than their siblings.

Sarah and I with the Red Tailed Hawk

Malibu Legacy Park Grand Opening!

October 2nd, 2010. Malibu Legacy Park was officially opened to the public with a face painting booth, snack table and ceremony. Kids frollicked along the crushed granite pathways to climb on the mosaic animals and get their pictures taken. I'm glad I got the chance to see the animal sculptures in their intended home, installed and ready for visitors! Each sculpture has an informational tile plaque beside it, and a bench seat covered in donor tiles. All of the flat tile work was done by Malibu Ceramic Works. I was honored to meet the owner, Bob Harris, and he gave us a private tour of his facility!

Sending off my babies!

And away they went to Malibu, California. They're going to be installed in a new park off the Pacific Coast Highway called Malibu Legacy Park. Feel free to send me pictures if you visit them!

And now for something even bigger!

Meet the newest addition to our oversized California native creatures collection. The mountain kingsnake! Bigger than the biggest anaconda, this thing will devour mundane public art in a single bite! And, it's gonna be smooth to the touch as we cover it with shiny pennyround tile. Much to my chagrin, we are now applying each tile individually, one by one, because if we try to add swatch by swatch it just looks bad. The surface curve does not agree with the tile on mesh approach. I think our hard work will pay off though. It looks better every day.