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| The Night Stars |
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| Unveiling the artwork |
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| Lifting the artwork over the house |
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An Australian Master Mosaicist
Don Macdonald and his team from The Orchid Group^ have just completed an iconic mosaic artwork for Cairns Regional Council
in QLD incorporating six Australian Indigenous designs and containing 1,000,000
hand cut glass mosaic tiles.
So how does someone land a project
of such epic proportions? Well it
certainly doesn’t happen by accident.
Over the coming weeks we’ll take you on a journey behind the scenes of
how it happened, the highs, the lows, the technical challenges and the artistic
beauty. So where did it all begin?
Don Macdonald has close on 30 years
of experience in the building industry having first started his company in 1989
offering a high-end stone fixing service to Sydney's Eastern suburbs. He started fixing mosaics in the early 90's
which was expanded when he moved to Queensland in 2003 culminating in mosaic
training in Italy in 2005 and 2013.
In 2006 he settled in Noosa, a
small regional centre where he saw the need for diversification of his skills
to maintain consistent business activity. Don acquired his builder's license and added a five star specialty
bathroom renovation service to his range of skills.
It was 2010 however when the seed
of a new direction was born. Already an
accomplished mosaicist with an impressive portfolio of high-end pools and
bathrooms Don was approached to produce a 3.0x5.0m mural of the New York Skyline. The client also wanted seven firework bursts
to silhouette the buildings which consisted of 4000 optic cables that had
limitless combinations to provide a different scene every day. Read the full story here.
Keep your eyes peeled for the next stage of Don's journey - "The Art of Opportunity - Finding inspiration from failure."
Contact us on 1800 331 012 for technical support, arrange a demo, free samples, a trade event, or to discuss your next project or contact us here.
^The Orchid Group is also known as Symmetry Mosaics
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