I am going to have work on another project now and leave this one, as I have the time. The reworked design can wait a week or two.
The interesting thing is that the chosen design is the idea that was in my head when I was speaking at the interview. The weaving thing became apparent during the research, the relationship between the mosaic tile and the weavers knot, that unit building block is not really worth exploring as it is outside the point of this commision.
I am glad I did not find the time to do the 4th design as it probably would have been the one I wanted to make and the one of least interest to the commissioner.
This is about subject and content that everyone can relate to as they walk by. It is 'Public Art' and it is very much about craftmanship, good composition, clarity. Something I can only describe as civic, this is not a derogatory term. Citizenship is a very interesting area. (In fact it is also the point of my fish job as well).
It is not about me wanting to change my style of making mosaics. It is about doing them the same way.
