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Hawaiian Inspired Undersea Mosaic Mural
Design by: Betsy Kopshina Schulz
Assisted by: Barbara Hume
Special Thanks to: Del Mar Heights Students, parents & teachers,
Principal Wendy Wardlow & especially Pam Martin, Extended
Studies Teacher
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Case Study (PDF Format 6.3MB)
Betsy Schulz designed this Hawaiian
Inspired mural for Java Kai, a small cafe in Del Mar, California.
The owners, Vince and Sheri Martinelli wanted art that
made the cafe a landmark as well as fun and interesting
for children and adults alike. The mural took approximately
four months (850 hrs) to complete.
(1) The Concept
The concept for the mural was first painted in watercolor. Once approved,
Betsy sculpted relief fish tiles. The hand-made tiles, metal, rocks
and shells were used in the final piece. There are also word tiles
with inspirational sayings.
(2,3,) Student Participation
Students from Del Mar Heights
Elementary School helped make tiles and grout the mural.
(4,5) Relief Tiles
Many of the tiles are sculpted in relief, making this turtle seem
to swim out of the mural.
(6) The Final 6’6” x
10’ 6” Mural
The mural is mostly made up of tiles, but also contains rocks, metal, beads and
shells. Three different colors of grout were used, red, yellow and blue to
help tie color tile areas together.
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