Since 2014, I have been engaged in an ongoing series about climate change, titled “Fiddling While Rome Burns.” Each mosaic tackles a specific climate-related concept—be it scientific, cultural, political—an impact, or a solution. I invite you to explore the series by clicking on the titles below, and encourage you to read the associated blog posts to learn more about each piece.
Baseline (We’re Just Getting Started)
Materials: 244 community-made mosaics, onyx, quartz, limestone, marble, thinset tesserae
Size: 3 panels, each 48″h x 36″w
Year: 2017
Bioswale (Slow It Down, Soak It Up)
Materials: Asphalt, limestone, sandstone, marble, litovi, smalti
Size: 18″h x 20″w (approximately)
Year: 2017
Black Carbon (Potent But Actionable)
Materials: Marble, coal, sea spines, smalti, unglazed porcelain
Size: 12″h x 12″w
Year: 2015
Breaking The Hand That Feeds Us (More Acidic, Less Viable)
Materials: Smalti, shells, mudstone, marble, ceramic, limestone, chalk
Size: 18″h x 18″w
Year: 2015
Dialogue (The Burden Of The Message)
Materials: Graffiti paint layers, shale
Size: 17.25″h x 24.5″w
Year: 2015
Drinking From A Firehose (Flood Prone Yet Drought Stricken)
Materials: Marble, ceramic tile, mudstone, smalti, glass tile, brick, terracotta, sandstone, slate, thinset tesserae, and garden hose faucet handles
Size: 19″h x 14″w
Year: 2015
Materials: 100% thinset scraps and leftover thinset mixes
Size: 13.75″h x 12″w
Year: 2018
Flip The System (Amplified Change)
Materials: Limestone, marble, ceramic, petrified wood, conglomerate, pyrite, phyllite
Size: 21″h x 21″w
Year: 2016
Materials: Marble, unglazed porcelain, limestone, shale, slate, coal, glass tile, smalti
Size: 10″h x 10″w
Year: 2015
Fossil Of The Day (From Leader to Laggard)
Materials: Fossils, shale, slate, limestone, Eramosa marble, sandstone, brick, terracotta
Size: 28″h x 12″w
Year: 2015
Heat (Each Decade Hotter Than The Last)
Materials: Mudstone, sandstone, limestone, shale, flue damper
Size: 16.25″h x 24.25″w
Year: 2014
Materials: Bones, shale, dishes, gold smalti
Size: 20.25″h x 15.25″w
Year: 2017
Power Dynamic (Renewable Production, Mindful Consumption)
Materials: Marble, limestone, sandstone, mudstone, litovi, smalti, knob and tube, shell, solar panel, petrified wood, shale, ceramic, miscellaneous stone
Size: 22″h x 11″w
Year: 2017
Quod Erat Demonstrandum (All Else Is Junk Science)
Materials: Limestone, Eramosa marble, sandstone, coal, cement parging, salvaged tile, Italian smalti, vintage 24-karat smalti, concretions, metal
Size: 24″ diameter
Year: 2015
Sea Ice (Steady Unprecedented Decline)
Materials: Quartz, marble, mudstone, limestone, Eramosa marble, smalti, salvaged glass
Size: 14.5″h x 20″w
Year: 2014
Materials: Shale, coal, rusted metal, 24-karat gold smalti
Size: 6″h x 5.5″w each
Year: 2015
Materials: Redback boot (right), Bogs boot (left), cement, shale, limestone
Size: 26.5″h x 24.25″w
Year: 2017
Materials: Shale, limestone, sandstone, petrified wood, driftwood, cork, nutshells, buckshot, bullet casing, e-waste, copper pipe, gold, core samples
Size: 16.5″h x 16.75″w
Year: 2022
Materials: Limestone, marble, unglazed porcelain, smalti, salvaged glass, graffiti paint layers
Size: 11″h x 11″w
Year: 2016
Materials: Limestone, marble, bituminous dolomite, coal, shale, salvaged glass, graffiti paint layers
Size: 14″h x 14″w
Year: 2017
Materials: Marble, sandstone, terracotta, smalti, beads, copper wire
Size: 10″h x 10″w
Year: 2015