grouting, Luther Burbank Park Playground, Mercer Island, Mosaic Installation

Grouted!

Posted on by Sandy Brown Glass

Grouting mosaics can be a little unnerving – the process requires that you smear grout over the mosaics so that it will color the cracks between the glass tesserae and bring the surface to a smoother, leveled plane. It also strengthens the mosaic. Fortunately, mosaics always are enhanced by the grouting process.

We chose a “pewter” gray color, a shade darker that “delorian gray” to grout our playground mosaics. The divided photo below illustrates how the grout enhances the mosaic.

“Pewter” grout was a great choice to tie our colorful mosaics together.
A before-after grouting pic

Heather grouted with confidence! We were all thrilled with the results.

Heather, our master grouter, in action.
A close-up of a butterfly being grouted

Thank you to Jose, Heather and Carole who took the lead to complete the grouting process on the workshop mosaics in the playground. 

A panaramic view of the border created with the Islander Middle School Mosaic Team!
The 25′ mosaic border.
I love how the bird soars!
We love the color play!
The camouflaged bump out
So well done!
“Flight of the Butterflies” grouted!
“Flight of the Butterflies” grouted!
Yay!
A detail…
The doggy couldn’t look any cuter!

I hope you’ll stop by the Luther Burbank Playground to admire the mosaics created with Mercer Island Students.

Please stay posted to this blog. My next post will introduce the 38′ x 5′ tiled mural based on a to-scale original mural created by Jose Orantes.

2 comments

  1. Krafty Fix · July 12, 2016

    Lovely, so colourful! And the best part is they should last for generations

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    • Sandy Brown Glass · July 12, 2016

      Thanks so much! It’s especially lovely that we had the opportunity to work with children to create these mosaics.

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