Mosaic and Glass Arts International 2023

Best In Show - Mosaic
State: CA
Country: USA

Dimensions: 720 x 1392
Materials List: Ceramic Tile
Installation Location: Civic Parking Garage, Rodriguez and Second St., Watsonville, CA
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Juan Fuentes designer of "The Strawberry Picker", "The Apple Picker", "Hermanita", and "The Asian Flower Grower" Horizontal sections designed by 120 local community artists, including 105 youth. Installation by Rinaldi Tile and Marble Fabrication by the community: 3077 volunteer hours by 502 individuals to date.

Best in Show - Stained Glass
State: Western Cape
Country: South Africa

Dimensions: 50 x 280 x 280
Materials List: Glass Paint Lead Solder Steel
Installation Location: 4803 Airport blvd, Austin, TX, 78751, US
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Design collaborator: Ree Treweek Frame manufacturer: Brian Chilton Design

Technical Distinction - Stained Glass
State: CA
Country: United States

Dimensions: 120 x 120 x 4
Materials List: Glass frit, fusible flat glass, lead came, 50/50 tin/lead solder, traditional fired glass paint and enamel and flat steel.
Installation Location: Valley Memorial Park 650 Bugeia Lane Novato, CA 94945
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Nzilani Glass Conservation designed, fabricated and installed the window. Lead designers/fabricators: Ariana Makau & Armelle Le Roux.

Best Site-Specific or Architectural Project
State: FL
Country: United States

Dimensions: 144 x 336
Materials List: handmade ceramic tiles and ceramic tiles
Installation Location: Bomberos Field Park in Orlando, FL, USA
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: N/A

Best Community Project
State: TX
Country: USA

Dimensions: 72 x 108 x 60
Materials List: Handmade glazed ceramic tiles; glass gems; gold foil-backed sheet glass; colored cement mixture
Installation Location: Ricky Guerrero Pocket Park (Austin, TX, USA)
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Internal armature was created by Deep in the Heart Fabrication of Bastrop, TX (now called "Pyrology")

State: CA
Country: United States

Dimensions: 150 x 276 x 5
Materials List: Smalti, 24 karat gold smalti, stained glass, LeBron’s childhood award, toys and trophies, pebbles, beads, rocks, recycled glass, grout.
Installation Location: Glo’s Café, LeBron James Innovation Center at Nike World Headquarters, 15050 SW Koll Pkwy, Beaverton, OR 97006 USA
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Carole Choucair Oueijan's Studio. Collaborating artists: Nicolas Oueijan, Louise Wurzelbacher, Aya Kinoshita, Savannah Oueijan, Judyann Parker, Alice Oueijan Tile Installer: Roedel Tile Contracting Co.

State: CA
Country: USA

Dimensions: 96 x 252 x 34
Materials List: Concrete gate pedestal for the Dragon. Dragon: steel armature, carved foam sculpture with a fiberglass reinforced cement skin. Ceramic, glass, and colored mirror glass tesserae.
Installation Location: San Lorenzo River Park, Santa Cruz, CA
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Greg Pepping: Project Manager, Tom Ralston: Concrete Gate, George Ow: Art Patron

State: NV
Country: USA

Dimensions: 108 x 72 x 48
Materials List: Expanded Polystyrene and steel armature with acrylic cement and mesh substrate, glazed porcelain and glass tile mosaic, urethane grout.
Installation Location: Ocean View Beach Park, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

State: British Columbia
Country: Canada

Dimensions: 84 x 84 x 0.25
Materials List: Mouth blown hand made European glass, glass painting oxides, silver stain, lead came.
Installation Location: Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Gilroy Stained Glass Ltd. Designer & Glass Painter: Laura Gilroy. Glass Painter, Fabrication & Installation: John Gilroy. Laura and John Gilroy have been creating stained glass since 1985 when they began an intensive apprentice education in one of England’s oldest studios founded in 1788.  Together they design and fabricate authentic stained glass to commission, and have extensive experience restoring all ages of stained glass. Each project is uniquely created by hand, and they manage the entire process from design through to installation. Laura is an elected Associate of the British Society of Master Glass Painters for her design abilities, and Gilroy Stained Glass Ltd is a Professional Member of the Stained Glass Association of America. They specialize in traditional and contemporary glass painting and leading at their Greater Vancouver studio in British Columbia, Canada.

State: IN
Country: USA

Dimensions: 204 x 192 x 1.5
Materials List: Stained Glass. German mouth blown glass and American rolled sheet glass.
Installation Location: Praise Lutheran: Fort Wayne, IN. USA.
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: William L. Lupkin Designs Inc.

State: TX
Country: United States

Dimensions: 48 x 216 x 1.5
Materials List: smalti, fused glass, custom glazed ceramic tiles, shell, 24k gold smalti
Installation Location: Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas USA
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Beatrice Baldwin: watercolor artist, Helios Fused Glass Studio, Montreal Tile::Lab

State: TX
Country: United States

Dimensions: 144 x 240 x 120
Materials List: mexican smalti, fused glass
Installation Location: Anderson Mill Rd. at Olson Dr., Austin, Texas, USA
Collaborating Artist/Fabrication Team: Flatfork Studio, Helios Fused Glass Studio