Gillen Tener Martin Special to the Union ARCATA – Arcata residents who visited the Plaza this past weekend likely noticed six integral parts absent. Laurel Skye’s iconic tiled trash cans were temporarily removed for restoration by a 16-artist crew. Largely comprised of Skye’s students, the team assembled from near and far last week to…
Skye’s vision renewed in Plaza mosaic restoration project
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union The Plaza’s colorful trash bins, artfully encrusted with tiles by the late, legendary mosaicist Laurel Skye, are looking a little dowdy these days. After 13 years of enduring vandals, thing-kickers, collisions with navigationally-challenged drunks, errant frisbees and one suspected car crash, the rigors of Plaza life have taken their…
Mosiac show in memory of Laurel Skye
Marley Goldman Special to the Union ARCATA – The mosaic art of Laurel Skye will be featured in “Bits and Pieces,” an art show at The Sanctuary, 1301 J St. in Arcata through March 31. There are mosaic bottles, shoes, mirrors, wall hangings, boxes and more. There will be a one-day clothing sale in March…
All the little pieces not adding up for Arcata’s mosaic muse, Laurel Skye
Janine Volkmar Mad River Union ARCATA – Laurel Skye is between that proverbial rock and hard place. The hard place is dealing with lung cancer and its treatment. The rock is certain death. Neither choice is one anyone wants to make. This is not one of her intricate mosaics, where all the tiny pieces make…