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Seattle Mosaic's Oven Design for Golden Beetle

by MASteck

Seattle Mosaic was commissioned by Maria Hines to create a mosaic for her oven in the Golden Beetle. Photos courtesy of Seattle Mosaic Arts.

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The Oven
Early design
Buckets of blues
Templates, awaiting tiles
Templates in studio
Templates, showing oven door opening at center
Tiles on template, to determine spacing
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placing the tiles
one panel, blues done. 2nd panel blues begun
tiles, close up
Lining up the tiles between panels
playing with the golds and reds, next to blues
Tiles
Most of the blue is done
refining the reds and thinking about gold
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close up
Mosaic cemented to Hardi-panel, tile tape not yet removed. Blue tape indicates location of screw holes
the golden path was the final area to mosaic. the templates line up nicely
Screw holes. Blue tape holds tiles removed to make room for screws--they'll be reglued after install
installing the first panel--making sure everything is lined up.
First we put glue on oven surface, then we screw panels on to oven into pre-drilled screw-holes