The primary stone here is Tennessee Cedar, a limestone (I presume) quarried somewhere around Knoxville.

Abe has been working on a Black-Eyed Susan…

At work, cutting background pieces around Terpsichore.

The ribbon is starting to take shape…

My son Abe is home from school and helping me with the mosaic…

Detailed Mighty today…

The UMBC mascot is the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. They resemble a chocolate lab with curly cowlicks on their backs…

Holy heck, that took me a long time…

Sometimes I have to stand on the table to reach the mosaic.

Euterpe loves records and the way they capture sounds and a time.

Weekends at the shop are peaceful.

Finessing the face of Terpsichore.

Sometimes learning is super inefficient and…

Cutting hair

This is the dancer’s hand…

Working on Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance.

Preparing paper templates for the marble background.