New Leaf Market, The Westside Store, Santa Cruz, CA

Michael Miller the concretist — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:51:00 GMT

Our most recent market project, New Leaf, The Westside Store, in Santa Cruz, CA, opened last week. All is not done, but most is. I was able to take a few pix last night. Here you are...

Jelly Bean Glass, exposed through washing, at right entry.
Field is Sumatra Colormaker Patina Stain over sweat finish.

Jelly Bean Glass detail. Circles represent pilings in a pier,
as at The Wharf, near The Boardwalk (Santa Cruz, CA).

"The Pier" continues from the front entry to the back of the store. Here, the pilings are
stylized through the placement of circular steel templates and by sand-blasting the field.

This is in the "BLOOM" department, in the center of the store. It is another
"tweaked" version of "The Pier", produced with more complicated
"visually eroded" plasma-cut steel templates, by artist, Brian Giambastiani.

This is the left hand side, back of the store. We've shifted to a "Sail Theme".
These are based on a clipper ship and are an applied finish
with Colormaker Deso Dyes.

The "Sail Theme" continues, in the demonstration kitchen. This is a composition
which includes combinations of applied an impressed finishes. The sail with
battens was a "stamp" constructed of burlap and redwood by my partner,
Kelley Burnham, along with artist/seamstress, Emily McClintick.
This was rolled out and troweled into the fresh green concrete.

Another sculptural sail, at the left front entry of the store.

Finally, notice subtle template-blasted "reflection" of impressed sail, in this
composition at the left front entry.

We were fortunate to have been art-directed by Steve Crocker, of CDM Construction Management,
and by Sarah Myles, Creative Director, New Leaf Market... Thanx, guys!!!

See ya!

Mike

SIGN-OFF ACTION SHOT...
Mike has a "quick pop" while building a fire on The Pacific Crest Trail.
She didn't know it yet, but daughter, Kirsten, was just about to be
proposed to by her boyfriend, Dustin... She said, "YES!"

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New Leaf Market, The Westside Store, Santa Cruz, CA

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