Dr. Sarah Carpenter Memorial Garden

Industry

Sandy Segal Youth Health Center

Specifications

One (1) @ 4 ft x 3 ft --one (1) @ 3 ft x 2.5 ft --three (3) @ 2 ft x 2 ft; signage: 8 ft long x 15” tall; window surrounds: 23.5” x 23.5” with five-inch wide floral border on all four sides of three (3) windows. Made from a combination of repurposed ceramics and glass. Located on a school campus

Address

4401 Elenda St., Culver City, CA 90230

Piece by Piece Artists

Jose Morales, Luz Mack-Durini, Dawn Mendelson, Hilda M, Victor J, June C, Kim M, James G, Angelica

piecebypiece.org

"The butterflies became a feature of the studio. Everyone wanted to stop in daily and see the progress.”

Dawn Mendelson

Piece by Piece Artistic Director

Project Summary

The Piece by Piece artist team recently completed a series of California Native mosaic butterflies for the Dr. Carpenter Memorial Garden, in honor of the late Dr. Sarah Carpenter, who was an inspiration as both a leader and a physician at the Sandy Segal Youth Health Center.

Artist working on one of the mosaic butterflies.
Each butterfly was created with repurposed materials, including broken ceramics, recycled glass and tile. The Monarch butterfly is the largest on the wall, stretching to 4 feet in length. Working on these delicate creatures brought much joy and light to the studio.

Artists working on one of the mosaic butterflies. A detail of one of the mosaic butterflies. .
Along with the butterflies, the team of artists created a series of lush vine-y mosaics around each of the three windows, also using a variety of materials and pulling beautiful flowers from both vintage and modern ceramics. The artists also included special glass elements, which had been donated to Piece by Piece from local glass artists who have leftover bits of fused glass.

Lastly, a sign identifying the space was also created and installed just above the garden. All of us at Piece by Piece were honored to be a part of creating this special place for young people in the community using the health clinic.

Artists waving while working on the mosaic window frames in the Piece by Piece LA studio.

View more photos ➤