Staircase
Location
CSU 253
Start Date
20-4-2015 11:05 AM
End Date
20-4-2015 12:05 PM
Student's Major
Art
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Liz Miller
Mentor's Email Address
elizabeth.miller-1@mnsu.edu
Mentor's Department
Art
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
In Albert Lea, the Bessessen Historic Opera House Building is currently being transformed into a nonprofit art center. I am installing a permanent tile installation onto the main staircase on the front side of the building. Embarking on this tile project will allow me to expand my skill set by learning how to make press mold tile and bring attention to the building I am trying to help save. The tile is done in low relief and designed to mimic the style of the French Renaissance in order to help further the historical restorations being done to the building. 144 4x6 inch tiles, 222 ½ x ½ inch tiles, 153 ¾ x ¾ inch and 75 1 ½ x 1 ½ in have been made to fit the staircase. The larger 4x6 inch tiles depict a symmetrical pattern of a flower bud alternating with its fully bloomed self. The taller fully bloomed flower also acts as the archways that heavily dominated French Renaissance architecture. Clear glaze shows off the natural terra cotta clay coloring in the back ground with alternating red and yellow flowers with green stems. The smaller tiles will be decorated flower motifs symmetrically branching out from the central axis that match the flowers already carved into the building and have been glazed a rich yellow.
Staircase
CSU 253
In Albert Lea, the Bessessen Historic Opera House Building is currently being transformed into a nonprofit art center. I am installing a permanent tile installation onto the main staircase on the front side of the building. Embarking on this tile project will allow me to expand my skill set by learning how to make press mold tile and bring attention to the building I am trying to help save. The tile is done in low relief and designed to mimic the style of the French Renaissance in order to help further the historical restorations being done to the building. 144 4x6 inch tiles, 222 ½ x ½ inch tiles, 153 ¾ x ¾ inch and 75 1 ½ x 1 ½ in have been made to fit the staircase. The larger 4x6 inch tiles depict a symmetrical pattern of a flower bud alternating with its fully bloomed self. The taller fully bloomed flower also acts as the archways that heavily dominated French Renaissance architecture. Clear glaze shows off the natural terra cotta clay coloring in the back ground with alternating red and yellow flowers with green stems. The smaller tiles will be decorated flower motifs symmetrically branching out from the central axis that match the flowers already carved into the building and have been glazed a rich yellow.
Recommended Citation
Swan, Jillian. "Staircase." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 20, 2015.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2015/oral_session_04/2
