These will be the colors of the titles!

These are the colors we will use for the titles. We will be doing tile mosaic for all the titles! 19 books will have titles.

In these photos following you will see some of my new assistants. Thanks to Raleigh, Adair, Holly, Julie, Sarah, Renee and Conner! Yall have been great help and wonderful company. Bookmaking has never been so interesting!

Gettting ready for Titles!

Gettting ready for Titles!

Gettting ready for Titles!

A Few More!

Lots of concrete Going On!

Each book needs four or five layers of concrete! We are in the early stages of the layers but it is nice seeing them actually looking like big concrete books. This next month will be a high production month! WOoHOo! Let the fun begin. Thanks to all my assistants! I appreciate all your help!

THE LIST IS ALMOST COMPLETE

Paths Of Knowledge-Maze

BOOK LIST for the Cordova Library/Bert Ferguson Park

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess

The Lorax by Dr. Suess

Charlotte's Webb by E.B. White

Where the Wild Things Are byMaurice Sendak

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

Cinderella by RH Disney

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

Stuart Little by E. B. White

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

1984 by George Orwell

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

This is the list of 30 that will get sorted and resorted to create the final 20-23 i need for the books of the Maze! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO TOOK MY SURVEY!

TODAY WE FLIP THEM OVER!!!

TODAY WE FLIP THEM OVER!!! Well Robin flipped most of them over all by himself with one hand and Ross helped too. Sarah and i just watched. Now the REAL work begins...The rest was just Warm-Up! THANK YOU BOYS!

Almost Done with the Bottoms!

And We are Concrete!

Sarah, Julie and I have begun to Concrete! Let the fun Begin. In these photo you are seeing the individual books upside down. WE are concreting the bottoms of the books first. Each book will have three or four layers of concrete on the entire surface. We will keep you posted! THank you for checking in!

METAL AND STYRO!

MORE METAL!!!

Getting close to being ready to start working with CONCRETE! Woot Woot!

Adding the StyroFoam!!!

This is Styro Day! Sarah, Julie and I have begun measuring and cutting styrofoam for the exterior of the armature! Super exciting :)

Book Survey!!

If you have a love for books, please take a moment to complete my survey. The Book Survey is a collection of about 75 books that I have compiled. The books on the list are the top books read for all age groups. I would love your feedback. If you could email me I will send you the document and then you can pick up to 25 of your favorites. These titles will be the titles for the books that make the maze. I would love to know what you consider the best books...Suggestions of books that might have been forgotten are welcomed too!

Email me at sculptor07@aol.com with BOOK LIST in the subject box!

First Day working on The MAZE!!

These are the frames for the concrete books, primed and ready to go. And thats my studio gaurd dog: Tybalt!

Getting Started-WOOHOO!

These are some supplies for creating the large concrete books and Sarah, my wonderful assistant.

This is my model for the Outdoor Maze! The shape of the maze is a kidney bean. All books will be concrete with titles on each. The three books on exterior are benches and will look different than they do here!

More to COme!

COMING SOON! PUBLIC ART FOR CORDOVA, TN: BY ME!

Dear Viewers,

I am currently working on an outdoor commission for the city of Cordova, TN, through Urban Arts Commission. I will be posting weekly updates until the completion of the project. It is set to be completed in May 2010!

The project is a large outdoor Sculpture behind the Cordova Library on Trinity Rd. The piece will be a 1000 square foot maze of gigantic concrete books. Each book will make up the walls to the maze. If any one wants to suggest book titles please post them here!

I will post pics of the progress as I go. Check back often!

Brooke Foy