FAUX PEBBLES
A tornado destroyed St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Nashville,TN. And so the new church was built in such a way that the foundation of the old church formed a concrete terrace in front of the church, upon which a labyrinth was to be located.
Alas, disaster struck again. The day the concrete was being poured, a sudden thunderstorm damaged the concrete. Trying to fix it made things worse, leaving an uneven surface. The lines of a labyrinth painted on such a surface would look wavy, even if they were accurate. Martin, the architect, came up with a unique solution: pebbles. We would paint faux pebbles. They wouldn't show the irregularities of the surface.
We practiced for a week in St. Louis, getting the technique down. We used special long-lasting acrylic resin as the paint, with three colors of gray (which we mixed into many more shades) and stiff stencil brushes. We taught several volunteers the technique. Painting the 10,000+ pebbles took three days. The result is quite striking. This is the Santa Rosa design, originated by Lea Goode-Harris. For more information see www.srlabyrinthfoundation.com.
This is a Santa Rosa pattern. For more information about this copyrighted design see: www.srlabyrinthfoundation.com.
Judy and Shelly painting.
Details of the faux pebbles.
Completed labyrinth.