Building Ceramic-tile Stairways in the Inner Sunset

Slides and Speaker Notes by Paul SignorelliFor Aileen Barr & Colette Crutcher’s Presentation atThe Sunset Branch Library, San Francisco28 March 2011

Raw materials

Inspiration:SantaTeresa,brazil

Inspiration: caltagirone, italy

Inspired to act

First steps

The community at work

tile by tile

Recording a community

success

celebration

continuity

The challenge (1)

The challenge(2)

The plan,piece by piece (1)

The plan,piece by piece (2)

The plan,piece by piece (3)

The plan,piece by piece (4)

The plan,piece by piece (5)

The plan,piece by piece (6)

elements

Individual tiles

Community support:Diablo fairy lantern

Community outreach:reception at crepevine

Community outreach: Online

For more Information

http:hiddengardensteps.org

Artists’Contact

information

http://www.aileenbarr.com/http://www.colettecrutcher.com/

Credits(All images taken from hiddengardensteps.org and http://www.tiledsteps.org/OtherTiledSteps/

unless otherwise noted):

undeveloped steps from http://www.sanfranciscodays.com/golden-gate-heights/santa teresa Steps: from rocco lucia’s flickr photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/meyer_family/1276124/sizes/m/in/photostream/Caltagirone Steps with People: from brka’s flickr photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brka/2272361000/sizes/m/in/photostream/Caltagirone Steps withcandles: from meyer family’s flickr photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/meyer_family/1276124/sizes/m/in/photostream/Photos of structural damage : hidden garden steps organizing committee co-chair liz mcloughlin

Slide presentation prepared by Hidden Garden Steps organizing committee co-chair Paul Signorelli