The summer of 2010 saw an incredible evolution of the Project. With the help of a steady stream of volunteer/participants we created most of 4 sandstone trees and 180 degrees of "earth" mosaic. We are Finishing up the grouting as weather permits and gently putting the project to rest for the winter.Because our main building materials, grout and mortar, do not cure properly under 50 degrees it is tricky to schedule regular work events. If you would like to be alerted to windows of opportunity working on wintertime activities, please email us.Many, many thanks to those who participated throughout the warm months and please feel free to join us as spring 2011 approaches.We cannot make this community creation without these local business and organizations who support the Clarifier ProjectLyons Community Foundation, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, SCFD Tier III, Loukonen Bros Stone Company, Urban Oasis Design, The Boulder County Arts Alliance, The Town of Lyons, Confluence Community Arts, Visible Joy Custom Framing, The Stone Cup Cafe and Steamboat Mountain Foods.
Cathy Rivers: garnet@colorworks7.comPriscilla Cohan: priscillacohan@gmail.com
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
from 2011
from 2010...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
weather report for wednesday nov 3
chilly weather predicted for wednesday, november 3. temperatures not expected to get above 50. i will check again in the morning. welcome any knowledge you have of tomorrow's temperatures. check back. we will send out and email in the late morning.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Creating the Earth Section Mosaic. October 2010
We are creating the mosaic portion that represents the earth. This includes hundreds of broken tile pieces and hand made dimensional tiles created during workshops with the GAP Group, Generational Active People, and open community workshops in the basement of the Lyons Community Church. The sculptural earth/stone tiles were created over a 2 year period and glazed and fired by a core group of 5 dedicated glazers and others who spent many nights in the Town of Lyons Public Works Building glazing and firing kiln loads of tiles.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Community Work Day
Community Work Day
Sunday, August 22, 2010, ten till noon
Next work day... Wednesday, August 25, 5 - 7 p.m.
Some of the things that you can participate in during a Clarifier Project Community Work Day.
river rock
bonnie
kirk and cathy
john loukonen
cathy
Town of Lyons: an unscheduled event
Cathy strolled by the clarifier project with an out of town visitor to show off all the great work being done and behold: Monty and Kyle from Town of Lyons were using extra cement from a public works project to begin the process of filling up that hole that needed filling!!! wonderful surprise and more generous help from the Town of Lyons. A million "thank yous!"
cathy, kyle and monty and an un-named cement truck driver...
monty and cathy
stone tree
stone tree
cathy and monty
Friday, August 20, 2010
clean up and river rock search - help from lds
A million "Thank yous" to the members of the Church of Jesus Christ - LDS, Lyons, Colorado who so graciously volunteered time and hard work to clearing the area and helping to find river stones. Thank you!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Next Work Day, Sunday May 16, 3 - 5 pm, please sign up!
Thanks to all who participated in our April 18th Lyons Clarifier Project
Community Work Day!
The next Clarifier Work Day will be Sunday, May 16, 3-5 pm.
Location: Across the bridge from the Black Bear Hole.
A scheduled group of volunteers (age 16+) will be working on weeding the 'roof', clearing the rim 'channel',
mounding and covering the dirt. Also needed are volunteers to help remove the calcite deposits on
the surface (using a weak solution of muriatic acid. Eye, hand protection provided.)
All voluteers will be asked to sign waivers. Please bring tools, drinking water; wear work clothes (long sleeves, pants).
We're also looking for a volunteer to put a slanted roof on our (approx.) 6'x8' storage
shed, located on site, just east of the Clarifier.
The public is invited to stop by to view work in progress.
Stay tuned for our next public work day, early June; we'll
be sorting and transporting 'rip rap' sandstone pieces to the Clarifier site
for the 'trees' portion, which will be applied first.
Thanks to Kyle and the Town of Lyons for their help draining the 13,000 gallons
of water from the tank in April.
Please call Cathy Rivers for more info, 823-0970.
Community Work Day!
The next Clarifier Work Day will be Sunday, May 16, 3-5 pm.
Location: Across the bridge from the Black Bear Hole.
A scheduled group of volunteers (age 16+) will be working on weeding the 'roof', clearing the rim 'channel',
mounding and covering the dirt. Also needed are volunteers to help remove the calcite deposits on
the surface (using a weak solution of muriatic acid. Eye, hand protection provided.)
All voluteers will be asked to sign waivers. Please bring tools, drinking water; wear work clothes (long sleeves, pants).
We're also looking for a volunteer to put a slanted roof on our (approx.) 6'x8' storage
shed, located on site, just east of the Clarifier.
The public is invited to stop by to view work in progress.
Stay tuned for our next public work day, early June; we'll
be sorting and transporting 'rip rap' sandstone pieces to the Clarifier site
for the 'trees' portion, which will be applied first.
Thanks to Kyle and the Town of Lyons for their help draining the 13,000 gallons
of water from the tank in April.
Please call Cathy Rivers for more info, 823-0970.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Clarifier Project turns Lyons sewage tank into public art
Clarifier Project turns Lyons sewage tank into public art
By Magdalena Wegrzyn
© 2010 Longmont Times-Call
Click on Title to be transported to article in Longmont Times Call!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Community Art Work Day, Sunday, April 18 3 - 5 p.m.
Come by the Clarifier Project Site, located directly across the hwy from the Black Bear Inn in Lyons. Come help with some light clean up and area preparation, including moving stone, painting, weed pulling and watching. Also find out about future community art work days. The work on the project begins in earnest in June. be a part of the transformation!!!
Video Slide Show of Community Art Progress
In this slide show video you see the progression of the Clarifier Project for our beginnings, in 2004, through the present. We are ready the transformation...
Thank you to KC Groves for helping with music!
click on title to watch video!
Thank you to KC Groves for helping with music!
click on title to watch video!
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Current Informations
Timing
March, April - Area Preparation, Shed, clean up, drawings,
April, May, June - Stone Trees
July, August, September - Mosaic and Tile Sections
June July August and September we will predetermine work days that will remain consistent. These days Cathy, Priscilla and core volunteers will be working on site for several hours. Times and dates will be advertised and community members are invited work on these days.
The order of application is this:
• Repairs to the surface, steel support bracing, a cinder block structure in one section,
• Drawings on the surface in chalk, an out line that defines the areas to be filled in with stone mosaic and tile
• Create stone trees, move stone to site, purchase thin set mortar and acquire tools
• Define areas of mosaic by outline with black stone and black tile
• Begin Mosaic and tile sections.
• Lanscaping and Planting
• Signage: big clear list of participants to the best of our ability, Thank yous. discription of areas that different groups have helped with, i.e. Lyons Elementary, spring 2009, Summer time tree on South side, etc.
• Future, would like to see a pebble mosaic path encircling the whole thing...
• A pronounced "Lip" or roof over the edge to protect the surface from the elements.
Materials we still need to purchase or Make:
Bright colored tile. Need large areas of color
We need to maintain a strong sense of contrast, otherwise the whole thing will tend towards being monochromatic and difficult to read.
Stone Paul at Western stone is willing to give us a "good deal" on what is called rip rap. rubble that will be used to make the trees. we will have a day of picking through the stone and moving stone to the sight.
Sun: This will be either created by the seniors or a mosaic that represents the seniors on the west side of the building as you walk east on the path it is the big flat wall that faces you. We still would like to make a tile sun with the seniors at walt self and install it in that part of the structure.
Support - People and Materials, Equipment Money
People
Grant Writer
Volunteer coordinator
Publicity Person
Core Crew
Labor, move stone, move tools, mosaic, fix up storage shed
Materials we still need to purchase or Make:
Bracing: Steel pieces, installation
Cinder Blocks
Materials Thin Set Mortar
Bright colored tile. Need large areas of color
We need to maintain a strong sense of contrast, otherwise the whole thing will tend towards being monochromatic and difficult to read.
Stone Paul at Western stone is willing to give us a "good deal" on what is called rip rap. rubble that will be used to make the trees. we will have a day of picking through the stone and moving stone to the sight.
Sun: This will be either created by the seniors or a mosaic that represents the seniors on the west side of the building as you walk east on the path it is the big flat wall that faces you. We still would like to make a tile sun with the seniors at walt self and install it in that part of the structure.
Tools, Equipment
Truck
Carbide stone chisel
Stone Hammer
angle grinder, (no electricity)
bench for stone cutting
Wheel Barrel
Hoes
Goggles
dust masks
shovels
Gloves
scaffold
safety fence, orange, fence posts
water - 50 gallon drum
Services
electricity - from town, unlikely
water tank and delivery
During work days
Waivers - participants who work at the site will be asked to sign a waiver
designated 'work' zones will be clearly marked and only participants who have signed a waiver and received some training on the current task.
Sign in Logs -
Grants Fund Raising
Money - expenses 1600 dollars to buy materials equipment and stipends for Cathy and I.
Lyons Community Foundation - Summer/Fall, http://www.lyonscf.com/
CCA - April 5 deadline, http://www.coloarts.state.co.us/
Boulder County Arts Alliance http://www.bouldercountyarts.org/
Neodata Grant - Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 5:00
Addison Mini Grant - Fall
Corporate Grants
March, April - Area Preparation, Shed, clean up, drawings,
April, May, June - Stone Trees
July, August, September - Mosaic and Tile Sections
June July August and September we will predetermine work days that will remain consistent. These days Cathy, Priscilla and core volunteers will be working on site for several hours. Times and dates will be advertised and community members are invited work on these days.
The order of application is this:
• Repairs to the surface, steel support bracing, a cinder block structure in one section,
• Drawings on the surface in chalk, an out line that defines the areas to be filled in with stone mosaic and tile
• Create stone trees, move stone to site, purchase thin set mortar and acquire tools
• Define areas of mosaic by outline with black stone and black tile
• Begin Mosaic and tile sections.
• Lanscaping and Planting
• Signage: big clear list of participants to the best of our ability, Thank yous. discription of areas that different groups have helped with, i.e. Lyons Elementary, spring 2009, Summer time tree on South side, etc.
• Future, would like to see a pebble mosaic path encircling the whole thing...
• A pronounced "Lip" or roof over the edge to protect the surface from the elements.
Materials we still need to purchase or Make:
Bright colored tile. Need large areas of color
We need to maintain a strong sense of contrast, otherwise the whole thing will tend towards being monochromatic and difficult to read.
Stone Paul at Western stone is willing to give us a "good deal" on what is called rip rap. rubble that will be used to make the trees. we will have a day of picking through the stone and moving stone to the sight.
Sun: This will be either created by the seniors or a mosaic that represents the seniors on the west side of the building as you walk east on the path it is the big flat wall that faces you. We still would like to make a tile sun with the seniors at walt self and install it in that part of the structure.
Support - People and Materials, Equipment Money
People
Grant Writer
Volunteer coordinator
Publicity Person
Core Crew
Labor, move stone, move tools, mosaic, fix up storage shed
Materials we still need to purchase or Make:
Bracing: Steel pieces, installation
Cinder Blocks
Materials Thin Set Mortar
Bright colored tile. Need large areas of color
We need to maintain a strong sense of contrast, otherwise the whole thing will tend towards being monochromatic and difficult to read.
Stone Paul at Western stone is willing to give us a "good deal" on what is called rip rap. rubble that will be used to make the trees. we will have a day of picking through the stone and moving stone to the sight.
Sun: This will be either created by the seniors or a mosaic that represents the seniors on the west side of the building as you walk east on the path it is the big flat wall that faces you. We still would like to make a tile sun with the seniors at walt self and install it in that part of the structure.
Tools, Equipment
Truck
Carbide stone chisel
Stone Hammer
angle grinder, (no electricity)
bench for stone cutting
Wheel Barrel
Hoes
Goggles
dust masks
shovels
Gloves
scaffold
safety fence, orange, fence posts
water - 50 gallon drum
Services
electricity - from town, unlikely
water tank and delivery
During work days
Waivers - participants who work at the site will be asked to sign a waiver
designated 'work' zones will be clearly marked and only participants who have signed a waiver and received some training on the current task.
Sign in Logs -
Grants Fund Raising
Money - expenses 1600 dollars to buy materials equipment and stipends for Cathy and I.
Lyons Community Foundation - Summer/Fall, http://www.lyonscf.com/
CCA - April 5 deadline, http://www.coloarts.state.co.us/
Boulder County Arts Alliance http://www.bouldercountyarts.org/
Neodata Grant - Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 5:00
Addison Mini Grant - Fall
Corporate Grants
Monday, March 01, 2010
Clarifier Project Circle of Support
On Sunday, March 7, the organizers of the Clarifier Project will host a Circle of Support. At this informal event we will ask our friends an neighbors to learn a little more about the project and discover ways to help manifest. With help from the community we can move forward on this very exciting project. For more information please contact us.
priscillacohan@gmail.com
priscillacohan@gmail.com
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Click Here to watch Clarifier Project Movie!
Thank you to Cathy Rivers for assembling this wonderful review of all the hard work so far. The Best Part is yet to come!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs4TaJbXBok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs4TaJbXBok
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