These images show a set of 5 cast concrete panels with inset areas of swamp plants and insects with vertical corrugations for texture. The plant and insect areas have hand-made, high-fire, glazed ceramic tile cut to fit into each area. A 1’ high horizontal band at the bottom of the wall has an infill of dichroic glass tiles representative of water.
 

 

 


 

 
 

    
 
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     The eleven columns lining the portico are each of a different shape and color to represent the individuality of each person and child. The column shapes refer as well to the plants depicted in the concrete wall.