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Solana Beach Entrance Arches
History Inspired Mosaics
Design by: Betsy Kopshina Schulz
Assisted by: Barbara Hume and Volunteers
Special Thanks To: Solana Beach Historical Society, City
of Solana Beach,
Irene De Watteville, and all the wonderful volunteers
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Case Study (PDF Format 5.2MB)
In 2003 Betsy Schulz designed two
sets of arches that were chosen by the City of Solana Beach
to replace the town’s South end entry sign. The tallest
set of arches supports the city’s name “Solana
Beach”. The smaller set of arches supports the words “Coastal
Rail Trail”. The columns will be hand-sculpted concrete.
Fossils, shells, birds, fish, farming, people, small signs,
story tiles, as well as metal and ceramic artifacts will
artistically tell Solana Beach history. The planning for
the project includes many interviews, historical research,
making scale models and full-size drawings. Workshops have
been held to give residents an opportunity to make tiles.
(1) Before
The sign to the south entrance to Solana
Beach was wood & showing it’s age. The city asked for artist’s
proposals to replace it.
(2,3) Workshop 1
In May of 2003 the Skyline 5th graders made tiles to be used on
the columns.
(4) Workshop 2
In September of 2005 all Solana Beach residents were invited to help
make fossil tiles &
word tiles to be used on the columns. Residents also shared stories & bought
donor tiles to help support the project.
(5,6,7) Sign Installation
Standford Signs fabricated the structural posts, arches & letters
on Thursday, September 29, 2005.
(8) Concrete columns will be built around
the posts, based on scale models. Then tiles, stone, shells & other
artifacts will be collected and/or made to depict Solana Beach History
from 8,500 years ago until today. These items will be placed on full-size
template patterns, then transported to the site for installation.
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