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The Mosaic House of Boerum Hill

« H E Museums and Art :: email
posted Tuesday, 22 August 2006
By Michael Cohen, the Brooklyn Trolley Dodger.


If you’ve spent much time in Boerum Hill lately, you’ve probably seen or heard about the “Mosaic House” at 108 Wyckoff Street, between Smith and Hoyt Streets. Passers-by often stop to admire and photograph this gorgeous, intricate piece of folk-art, but there is no obvious explanation as to the identity of the work or the artist. So, of course, yours truly, the Brooklyn Trolley Dodger, felt compelled to knock on the door and find out the story.

 


The Mosaic House at 108 Wyckoff Street in Cobble Hill

 

The mosaic is the work of artist Susan Gardner (www.susangardner.com), the owner/occupant of 108 Wyckoff for 35 years. Susan began creating the mosaic in 2001 for no particular reason other than a desire to work on a larger scale than her typical paintings, and also to produce a work of art that would be part of the community. As influences she cites Antoni Gaudi and the Watts Towers.

 


The Mosaic Artist, Susan Gardner

 

She only works on the mosaic in the summer because “the glue doesn’t stick in the cold.” There is no title or particular theme to the work; it has progressed from left to right, and its subject matter has steadily expanded from flowers to animals to people to angels. The work - a process she likens to embroidery - is “painstakingly slow” and it can take her eight hours to finish five inches. The collage material, which ranges from buttons to sea shells to tiles to broken CDs, is mostly donated by neighbors.

 

Susan has recently expanded to the second floor, and predicts that the mosaic will never be completely finished.




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