b'DECORATIVE TILEThe award-winning mural is per- mural is 44 feet, and the height is manently installed in Public School10 feet, which created a challenge 19,inCorona,Queens.Workin not being able to see the mural in began in January 2018 when artista vertical and complete layout until Cheryl Molnar won a competitionthe jobsite.We built a platform so to design the mural for a new lobbythat we could dry-fit and inspect a at the school. She was inspired by10 x 10 section, Eron said. thearchitectureofthe1964NewAnotherchallengeisthatthere York Worlds Fair, held in Flushingwas only about one week to install MeadowsPark,whichbordersthethe mural. To expedite this process, neighborhood where P.S. 19 is.Eron said, When we are sure that The composition uses the centralthe pieces all fit together, and are motif of the N.Y. State Pavilion andthe correct colors, etc., clear plas-the Unisphere, Eron said. Elementsticmosaicfilmisappliedtothe of both of these structures are still in the park.MolnarhiredN.Y. Tilemakerstodothework. Fabricationwasdonein N.Y.Tilemakers1,100-sq. ft.workspace,thenbased inWilliamsburg,Brooklyn. The entire project took about seven months, and involved about 60 different glazes.This mural was too large to assemble in totality in Sixhelperscreatednum- the workspace. N.Y. Tilemakers (NYT) constructed bering systems for the morea platform to be able to put the tiles together; they were able to view and correct 25% of the than2,600ceramicpiecesmural at a time. A clear film was applied over the needed,createdtemplates,mosaics, to allow safe transport to the school site.fabricatedthetiles,and oversaw the drying, glazing, loadingandunloadingof kilns. All tiles were fabricat-ed from moist clay, which is low-firewhiteearthenware. The sky elements are Italian glass mosaic, 1 square for-matfromBisazza.Allglass mosaics had to be cut to fit amongst the crafted tiles.NYT adhered sections of about 24 x 24, start-ing at the bottom of the wall. There was only one Theoveralllengthoftheweek to install the entire mural. 86TileLetter | September 2019'