After a couple of rocky years, we feel like we we’re back in business in here at Clayworks. Our projects in 2011 represent the range of sustaining work we need, from custom tile to lighting, murals, signage and restoration. Here is a sampling:
The Trailmarkers are mounted atop sculpted concrete tree trunks.
Wayfinding tiles for the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, a project that came back to us after years of delay due to the destruction Caused by Hurricane Ike.
Pavers inscribed with the names of donors and stamped with Boy Scout insignia surround the twelve Scout Law murals.
Inscribed donor tiles for the new Scout Training & Education Center in North Austin. Along with hundreds of donor name tiles stamped with scout insignia, we made a dozen Scout Law murals.
A commission to choose 45 sconces from stock and air freight them to Holland for Four Roses Mexican Restaurant near Amsterdam. The owners had visited our shop on a scouting expedition for Southwestern fixtures and Mexican food recipies
A 30-in. square floor mural for a museum courtyard showing the path of the Chisholm Trail from Cuero northward. The colored clays which make up the mural were cut to shape while soft.
Replication of clay frog spouts for a fountain on the grounds of the Perry Mansion, an Austin estate currently undergoing an extensive renovation.
And there’s been the steady flow of bread & butter work–hand inscribed donor pavers for schools, churches & libraries; individual address plaques made to order and sconces of all descriptions for homes and public spaces.
