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| Magda is putting paper on the wall to protect the new brick from our mortar. |
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| We start most days by putting guidelines on the wall. |
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| Ferruccio is pushing the scissor lift away from the wall so Mike can reach a spot, Magda and Valentina hold on! |
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| The mosaic begins twenty feet above ground. |
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| End of day 4! |
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| Valentina preparing the piece to install. |
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| Mike preparing the wall to install. |
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| The ceramic and smalti pieces need mortar on the back which we call back buttering. |
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| End of day 3! |
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| On our first day two, we were only able to work for 2 hours before it started to pour. |
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| Second Time |
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| Valentina and Magda find a way to back butter the piece on the scissor lift. |
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| End of day 2! |
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| Our first day at the work site. |
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| Denis is our instructor today on the proper and safe use of the jumbo scissor lift. |
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| The construction site of the inside of the bus depot. |
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| The wall the mosaic is going on. We won't be installing today as the crates are set to arrive tomorrow. |
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| The view of our wall across the river in the Bronx. |
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| With the crates arrival, we can begin to install today. |
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| We load everything onto the scissor lift, including our cooler...full of water. |
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| We dry fit the first piece... |
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| And then we install it. |
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| We check to make sure the piece is level. |
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| And then we continue with the next 4 pieces. |
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| We finish before lunch just before it's about to rain. |
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| Luckily it clears up after lunch so we can continue to work. |
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| It conveniently waited to rain again till we were done for the day but we clearly have a long way to go till the end. End of day 1! |
