b'DECORATIVE TILEdepictedwithflowinglines and repeated leaf imagery in the concrete agave leaves and seats.Nopowertoolswereused inthisentireproject,artists opting instead for nippers and hand tools. Sometimes to innovate, you need to go back to the basics, Metzner said. Everything was carved, cut, created and car-riedbyhand.Infact,many hands,includingthoseof local residents who participat-ed by making mosaic flowers andsharingunconventional building techniques.Perhaps the most rewarding part of the mosaic Tiles used were ceramic andprocess is the grouting, Metzner said, especially porcelainfloorandwalltilewhen the right color is chosen for each part. For mainly from two manufactur- example, this mosaic uses grout colors in browns and red for the flesh tones and black for every-ers: Mexican Porcelainite andthing else. The worksite was located in a rural farming community. Neighbors and passers-by par-ticipated in various parts of the project and even made their own individual projects from tile that was not able to be used in the mural.78TileLetter | September 2019'