Ocean Ave & Beach St Project, Laguna Beach, CA
Client: City of Laguna, CA
Lead Artist: Kyungmi Shin
Cut & painted carbon steel, mosaic topped stools, and shaped planter surfaced with custom cut tiles and mosaic
37'w x 15'd x 15'h
This project was awarded a public art award by Laguna Beach Beautification Council in 2016.
This street-scape renovation/ pocket park creation project is composed of a sculpture, a series of stools, and a re-shaped and re-surfaced planter. The detailed cutout shapes of the sculpture and the mosaic details on the stool tops were inspired by the rich tide pool habitat of Laguna Beach located just a block away from the project site. Different sea creatures, such as sea urchin, sea anemone, star fish, are depicted in a rich detail created with cut metal and Byzantine hand cut mosaics.
Before and After
Stool Top Mosaic Detail, water-jet cut & painted metal, mosaic topped stools, reshaped plater surfaced with mosaic tiles