Stone Catches Top CID Awards
Winner, Residential Stone Design
Dragonflower Vine, Seattle
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Installer: Tile Design by Edelstein, Vashon Island, Wash.
Designer: Nadine Edelstein
Stone: Brazilian slate, Luna Pearl granite, Mexican beach pebbles
Suppliers: Oregon Tile and Marble (slate, granite); Coverall Stone (pebbles)
Installation: ¼” Wonderboard backerboard; LATICRETE 255, 300, 317+333,135 mortars; LATICRETE Permacolor grout
Completed: April 2012
The mosaic pattern to wind around a raised-bed vegetable garden with a vine motif provided one challenge, but another came with the designer/installer’s notion of including the perspective from house balcony 100’ above the garden.
The petals and stars, in ¼” Wonderboard, are cut with CNC waterjet for the backing; petal surfaces include 12” X 12” black slate, 12” X 12” Luna Pearl and 12” X 24 white porcelain Each of the 400 mosaic petals contains 79 pieces. The 60 stars are faced with sorted white pebbles, cut in half and set to backerboards. The 100 pelts are 16“ X 16” gray slate in brick shapes, installed on Wonderboard and then cut using a waterjet.
The installation included modified Schluter SCHIENE edging, with any edge irregularities absorbed by black pebbles installed around features. The entire project uses 44,000 hand-cut and assembled mosaics; and, according to the designer/installer, “the client now gardens barefoot.”
Award, Artistic Use of Tile, Residential
Vista La Grand, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Installation: Inspired Installations, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Designer: Ernest Lee Grof
Stone: Golden Slate
Suppliers: DalTile
Installation: Schluter Troba crack isolation membrane, ¼” Dalbacker and Permabase backerboares, MAPEI Kerabond Keralastic mortar, Bostik Dimension reflective pre-mixed urethane grout.
Completed: September 2012
The 8’ X 3’ glass-gem and natural-stone mosaic is on the floor of the north-facing penthouse balcony in downtown Grand Rapids, and offers an interpretation of the urban landscape viewed from the terrace. Produced offsite in five months, the project included an initial templating of the balcony; the work was then built in 36 pieces for ease of transportation and assembly, and then reconstructed onsite. Before final installation in the private residence, however, the floor went on display at a public exhibition.
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