Mosaic art is fascinating to me. I recently posted about four mosaic panels as public art in Lanesboro, MN. There is another huge, mosaic public art display in Duluth. It is a wall of images made with ¾” x ¾” ceramic tiles, using only seven different colors. The mosaic wall is 12 x 590 foot long.
According to the information plaque…the Lake Place Image Wall consists of 1.29 million tiles that were placed on 12”x12” grids. Eight people worked for eight weeks to complete this wall. It was finished in 1990.
Sandra and Mark Marino provided the artistic composition and production for this piece. The mosaic images, made from the tiles, are based on photographs from Duluth’s waterfront history.
Duluth’s original lake walk was damaged during four major storms: one in 2017, two in 2018 and one in 2019. Finally the lake walk had to be reconstructed (and improved) and it has now reopened.
The 590’ mosaic wall is along Duluth’s Lakewalk, as are wonderful vistas of the great Lake Superior, and Duluth’s waterfront.
This art is simply amazing. The effort and time in creating this make it even more of a treasure. I need to visit Duluth again. I can’t recall the last time I was in that city.
It is truly amazing.
I hope you get up to Duluth and see the big lake. I love it!
I love when people are willing to put effort into such a monumental work of art! Art is what makes our world beautiful, and we desperately need art in our lives to remind us what creative effort can do. I will visit it in a couple weeks! Yay!
I will look forward to hearing your impressions of it.
Have fun in Duluth.