Archive for the ‘public art’ Category

Working on Banyon Tree for Chabot College

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 [...]


Working on tile mural for Chabot College

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.  


Chabot College Grant Update

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 [...]


Natalie Blake Studios Awarded Public Art Grant

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 [...]


Mural for Library

“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.


New work in progress

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


Fletcher Allen Hospital Installation

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 [...]


Natalie’s tiles embedded in the sidewalk of Brattleboro

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 [...]


Fletcher Allen project-update

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 [...]


Fletcher Allen Hospital tile mural in process

Natalie Blake studios creating commercial wall tile mural This spring Natalie Blake Studios responded to a request for proposals from Burlington City Arts in Burlington, VT, for artwork for the main interior feature wall in the new Radiation Oncology Department of the Fletcher Allen hospital. In April we were notified that our proposal was selected. [...]