In 2011 Natalie Blake Studios was awarded a public art grant from Chabot College in Hayward, CA. We’ve posted several articles about our work on this grant. We now have installation shots from Natalie’s recent trip to install some of the work.   Finally installed, the Grandmother tree looks like it has been there for [...]

Natalie and Cynthia are carving the Bayon Tree panels for the Chabot College public art grant they received.  Don’t know what a Banyon Tree looks like? Here’s an image:   Older banyan trees are characterized by their roots that grow into thick woody trunks which, with age, can become indistinguishable from the main trunk. Old trees [...]

Natalie Blake Studios received a grant from Chabot College to create and install art throughout the campus.  Here’s Natalie creating a tile mural, Mandala, for the project.  

Natalie Blake Studios was awarded a grant to provide art for Chabot College in Hayward, CA.  See our June1, 2011 blog post for details. Here’s an update on the project…. Cynthia has completed the mural for the Chavez Court. It’s a grand, 64-tile mural of a tree. These are 12″ square tiles–all handmade!  The glazes [...]

Chabot College to display  Natalie Blake Studios Artwork Natalie Blake Studios was recently awarded a public art grant from Chabot College in Hayward, CA.   Using this grant funding, Natalie Blake Studios will produce and install ceramic wall tiles and other artwork for 5 locations on the Chabot College campus.  The studio’s proposal was chosen [...]

“Spectacular!” That’s how our client responded when she saw this image.  We agree. This piece will be installed in the new Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook, IL.  It was commissioned by Corporate Artworks, Ltd. The 45- tile piece measures 111″ wide by 61″ high Click on the image to enlarge it.

We received an order for a 45-tile Tree of Life for a library in Illinois. Here’s a picture of the piece, carved, not yet bisqued. The client wants a multi-colored tree. Tree of Life, carved

We recently completed this Tree of Life piece for the Radiology Oncology facility at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT. The request for proposals (RFP) stated that patients in the radiology department who are undergoing radiation treatments to eliminate cancer tumors or to alleviate pain caused by the tumors will be virtually underground all [...]

Fulcrum Arts, which combines the studios of Natalie Blake and Randi Solin, joined with Hand of Man Artisan Builders, owned by Nick Marchese, to create the first-ever sidewalk art installation in downtown Brattleboro, VT. Located on Elliot  St, the 7 x 10 ft plot was dug out by the town and refilled with fresh cement [...]

We wrote in a recent blog entry (6/14/10) that Natalie and Cynthia are working on a public art piece for the Radiation Oncology Department of the Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, VT.  The tile piece will consist of 2, 7-tile murals depicting tree canapies.  Natalie is busy carving her section of the mural in her [...]