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Sculpted Bench Mosaic Stream & Stream
Bed Patio
Design by: Betsy Kopshina Schulz
Built & Sculpted by: Schulz & Hans Tegebo
Mosaic by: Schulz & Volunteers
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Case Study (PDF Format 5.9MB)
Betsy Schulz worked with Becky Candra,
the Director of the Jolla United Methodist Preschool to
realize the landscape plan of Rusty Keeler, a designer
from New York. Schulz used Keeler’s description to
create a dreamlike nature-inspired sculptural bench and
stream bed patio. This area took one month to complete
and cost approximately $12,000. Private donations covered
the costs.
(1) The area before construction was used for waiting
parents, even though a bike path ran through it. The benches also
obstructed the flow into the rooms.
(2) The area after construction became an outdoor classroom & waiting
area with easy traffic flow through the space.
(3) Once the old concrete was removed, forms were placed & concrete
poured with different sized round river rock sprinkled throughout to
create a stream bed.
(4) Schulz placed broken tile & rock into the
concrete recesses.
(5) Schulz & the volunteers grouted the mosaic areas with blue grout.
(6) Schulz & Eric Neilson installed the centerpiece fountain sculpted
by Carol Mayfield. The fountain was a memorial for a parent who died
of cancer.
(7) Tegebo & Schulz formed the sculptural bench.
(8) The bench sculpted by Schulz & Tegebo resembles the bluffs of
the nearby ocean. The mosaic represents the water that drains from the
rocks after the waves recede. The mosaic starts at the base of the bronze
fountain & flows through the space to create a stream bed effect.
That feeling is enhanced by the varied stones in the surrounding concrete.
Overall the look is natural & soothing.
(9) The opening celebration for the project was held on October 26th,
the first day of the Paradise and Cedar fires in San Diego.
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