Solana Vista Elementary School, Solana Beach, CA

“Mr. Ludwiczak’s Quilt”
2005 • glass tile • 76” x 118” • Solana Beach, California
With only three weeks remaining in the school year, the PTA asked if I would create a mural to honor the retiring principal. I had each child’s classroom create their own design in glass tile using a tile grid with colors that represented their grade level. When the finished piece was assembled, it provided a visual record of the retiring principals forty-year career, with each square representing a year and each individual tile representing the estimated 10,000 children he had taught. It was unveiled at an assembly the last day of school.

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