Harvest Time

Keith Diehl lost his home in Fountaingrove in October 2017. Harvest Time is a new heirloom made from the recovered pieces of his grandmother's china.

Tawnya Lively, 2018. Harvest Time. 11 x 14"

Meints Wedding Frame

Cass and Miranda Meints were married in June of 2016 and unfortunately lost their home in the October 2017 fires. Their parents, Pamela & Taine, also lost their home in the fires and brought many remnants to make art from their broken treasures. 

This picture frame is a wedding gift from Pamela & Taine who collected pieces of Tiffany blue porcelain that included a wedding cake plate from the property of their son & "daughter in love." 

Tawnya Lively, 2018. Cass & Miranda Meints. 16 x 20"

Chantal's Pique-Assiette Mosaic

Allison collected remnants in the rubble of her parents home where they lived for 42 years. Mosaic artist Chantal Vogel created this very creative pique-assiette mosaic with the salvaged pieces.  It was a tearful and joyful moment when Allison surprised her mom with this gift that Chantal made. 

Chantal makes amazing mosaics and is a very inspiring person! We will be collaborating more in the future and I am truly grateful for her involvement on this project.

Chantal, Marilyn (Allison's Mom) and Allison

Coffey Park Unity Mosaic Project

I met up with the folks who are organizing the Coffey Park Unity Mosaic Project this morning to start collaborating. It feels surreal to be in the fire zones but great to see community coming together. They set up coffee & other goodies here on Saturday mornings for residents to connect.

You can follow their project on Facebook at: 

Coffey Park Unity Mosaic Project

Alicia's Project

Alicia's Project: Fountaingrove, Santa Rosa, CA

11" x 14"

This project began when my boss Alicia showed me pictures of her house that burned down on October 9, 2017 in the North Bay Firestorms. I already make art using mosaics so when I saw the porcelain remnants I knew that we could salvage something from the devastation. So, we hopped in the car and collected various pieces of ceramics out of the ashes that she had collected from her travels all over the world.

This project is growing into a community effort with a workshop planned in February for a group of Coffey Park residents who lost homes and would like to make something for themselves. Discussions about having more community workshops in the Spring and Summer of 2018 are also in progress. Thank you to the Graton Community Center for hosting the workshop in February!

I am currently working on items for dozens of other residents who have lost homes and have begun to network with other mosaic artists who will help as well.

Please email me at tawnyalively@gmail.com if you are interested in using this service or donating money, time, talent or materials.  This is a non-profit endeavor.

Thank you!

With love, 

Tawnya Lively