First trials of the pattern
13 June 2020
Pieces drying for the oven
Different colours of glazing
Preparing parts for drying
The complete design, by Leslie Downie
"Lower edge of ramp"
Caroline Shaw leads the blessing of the process
22 june 2020
Leslie Downie, the creator of the Phoenix design
The Park Pottery, where all the mosaic parts are being made
Lines are drawn - and redrawn...
Sebastian Franke, assistant layer of the tiles
26 June 2020
Stuart Voder, master layer of the tiles
Leslie and Marialaura planning the mosaic
Difficult to guess what it's going to be like...
It's going to be an intricate pattern!
1 July 2020
Doing the glazing during covid restrictions
Glazed mosaic parts - not all come out of the oven unbroken...
The contours of the mosaic become visible
7 July 2020
The oven being filled up
Laying of the mosaic has started
10 July 2020
A delicate work
Marialaura and Leslie
16 July 2020
A tent for shade
Wooden sculpture in the Pottery - nothing to do with the mosaic, but too beautiful not to be photographed!
Oven just opened after the baking process
12 September 2020
Everyone was invited to contribute pebbles from the beach for the mosaic
Completion of the mosaic
26 October 2020
Craig speaks
Craig places the eye of the Phoenix - the very last mosaic part!
The entire Phoenix, a few months afterwards
24 February 2021
The long tail
The body and wings
