Day 30. The Last Day!

We are at the end of the Gateway project, it's been a full month of work and it was totally worth it, the wall looks great, not to mention the school (good one Citnalta!), it's really one of the nicest high schools I've seen.

We gather on our Greenpoint stoop to head out for our final day, thank you good people of Cup on Norman for providing us with awesome coffee



We literally finish as school lets out for the day, pretty cool



Here are some detail pics of the artwork







It's pretty hard getting the entire wall in one photo, but here are some attempts





Here's the lettering for the sign!



We pack up all our tools



And say goodbye to our friends



Ya'll know we love Frank, but he and his crew made this installation so enjoyable for us, they really are a great bunch of people and we hope to see them again one day. A-Team rules and there's no two ways about it. Thanks guys.

High 5 guys! We did it!



Bye bye, until next time

Day 29

Today was freezing! Rainy and windy and cold, this is our last full day of work and we had the pleasure of Sarah Morris's company once again and she came with her son Orson.



Mike and Orson plan the future of mosaics



We are basically just cleaning up the grout lines and polishing the tiles and making them perfect, it's really nitpicky, but kinda fun



Goodbye favourite security guard!



Our final day, day 30 is next! Crazy!!

Day 28

We are so close being done grouting, our scaffoldings are really close together



Guess what this is going to spell?



ok, see you on Day 29!

Day 27

Guess what? More grouting.

The asphalt (ass-falt or ash-falt?) guys came back, they are painting the yard gray, which should look pretty good with the colour of the building. They look really cool when they paint it too.



Speaking of painting, they are painting the red fence black, which is a really good call, it's going to make the colours of the mosaic pop out even more



Just in case you forgot, here's what the wall looks like (now with the new gray asphalt)

Day 26

We're still grouting and it's still boring, so here's our water hose!



Every night we tie up the fence with this industrial twist ties to keep the hooligans away from our stuff



Takin' out the trash



Back of the car from left to right: Our cooler, work boots, the doughnut, the chip bag



Drive home

Day 25

OK, so now, all we do is GROUT, every minute of every day. We're using a urethane grout so that the mosaic is extra resilient in any kind of weather, but this also means it's really difficult to apply. It's not really any fun at all and it's ALL we do! But, I can show other stuff, cuz all the pictures are starting to look the same, we are even wearing the same clothes...don't tell Fashion Week.



So, the deli we go to for lunch, has an awesome buffet and look what they had today!! What a cool dep.



We live eat and breathe this wall



Mike especially!



Look, it's a Pollock



Nope, just the asphalt guys drop sheet thingy, they just paved the front yard



ok, day 26 coming up!

Day 24

The school opened today! We saw tons of kids, they all spoke smarter than us.



The mosaic isn't quite done, but it's getting there



It was Saskia and Valentina's last day with us, so we went for a wonderful dinner at El Almacen in Williamsburg, bye Saskia and Valentina, see ya guys soon.