Rough Edge Collective
[email protected]
www.themural-project.org
Joshua Lawyer
MJ Lindo-Lawyer
707-508-8254
1 www.joshualawyer.com
www.mjlindoart.com
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Bottom: After a while, 2021, City of Clearwater Florida, $50,000, 25’Hx140’W
Right: Help Each Other Grow, 2022, City of Santa Rosa $75,000 Attachment 7
Left: When a tree falls, 2023, Museum of Sonoma County, $15,000, 16’H x 40’W
Right: Making Progress, 2022, City of Petaluma - $70,000 Attachment 7
Our House, 2022, Santa Rosa Junior College Intercultural Center “Our House”, $90,000, 30’H x 70’W
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CITY OF SUNNYVALE
LAKEWOOD LIBRARY & LEARNING
CENTER
(INTERIOR LOCATION)
Proposal by Joshua Lawyer and MJ Lindo
Lawyer
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THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN TENTATIVELY TITLED " LOST IN THOUGHT". WHEN TAKING IN THE SPACE, WE COULDN’T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT HOW A GOOD BOOK CAN TRANSPORT YOU TO ANOTHER WORLD. HOW IT CAN PUSH YOUR MIND TO IMAGINE THINGS THAT DIDNT EXIST SECONDS BEFORE. WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THIS IDEA THROUGH A MURAL.
WE HAD TWO LARGE INSPIRATIONS, THE BOOK “THE ODYSSEY” BY HOMER AND LATE 80'S MOVIES WHERE A GRANDPARENT WOULD READ TO A CHILD AND THE STORY WOULD PLAY OUT ONSCREEN. IT MIGHT SEEM
INCONCEIVABLE THAT THESE TWO INSPIRATIONS COULD WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE THOUGHT TACKLING AN EPIC TALE LIKE THE ODESSEY COULD USE SOME LEVITY FROM FILMS LIKE THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
WE WANT THE MURAL TO FEEL PLAYFUL, AND EXCITING. WE WANT THE VIEWER’S MIND TO WANDER INTO WHAT CAN HAPPEN NEXT. WE WANT THERE TO BE HIDDEN TREASURES IN THE MURAL THAT CHILDREN MIGHT BE ABLE TO STUMBLE UPON LATER ON IN THEIR LIVES.
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A CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE DESIGN, YOU WILL SEE THE BOOK COMING TO LIFE, A BOAT AND ITS CREW ON ITS ACTION PACKED VOYAGE HOME. IT DEPICTS WITH EVERY FLIP OF THE PAGE, THE CONCLUSION OF ONE GREAT ADVENTURE AND THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER. NOT ONLY CAPTIVATING THE READER, BUT ALSO THE SEA DRAGON INTENTLY LISTENING TO EVERY WORD AND ASKING “THEN WHAT?!” WE HOPE THIS ADDS LEVITY AND IRONY TO THE DESIGN WHILE ALSO GIVING A NOD TO THOSE 80’S MOVIES WE LOVED.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE ODESSEY WAS A STORY THAT WAS TOLD BY WORD OF MOUTH, LONG BEFORE HOMER PUT THESE WORDS DOWN AS A POEM FOR ALL ETERNITY IN THE 8TH CENTURY B.C. WE ARE EXCITED TO ADD OUR DROP INTO THE BUCKET OF CREATIVES FINDING INSPIRATION FROM THIS ANCIENT TALE ABOUT A MAIN CHARACTER TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY HOME. OUR
HOPE IS THAT THIS PIECE CAN ADD CURIOSITY TO THOSE VIEWING IT, TO EXPLORE DEEPER TO DISCOVER THE GREAT MYSTERIES OF THE PAST AND THE BEAUTY HIDDEN IN THE TRADITIONS PASSED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
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DETAILS OF LEFT AND
RIGHT SIDE OF THE
DESIGN
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BEFORE AND AFTER’S:
WE HAVE PROVIDED EXAMPLES OF PAST
MURALS, ALONGSIDE THEIR DIGITAL DESIGN
SO YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THE FINISHED
PRODUCT OF THE MURAL IN COMPARISON TO
THE DESIGN. WE HOPE THIS IS A HELPFUL
TOOL.
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“OUT-LET” INSTALLED IN SEATTLE
CHINATOWN
DISTRICT. TOP TWO IMAGES ARE
INSTALLATION IMAGES AND BOTTOM LEFT
IMAGE IS THE DIGITAL MOCK UP.
MURAL INSTALLED OCTOBER 2023
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"AMANAKI" : DESIGNED BY JOSHUA LAWYER LOCATED IN
SACRAMENTO, CA
DIGITAL DESIGN AND COLOR MOCK UP FOR "AMANAKI"
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"OUR HOUSE " :
DESIGNED BY JOSHUA LAWYER,
COLLABORATION PIECE WITH MJ
LINDO-LAWYER (RIGHT)
DIGITAL DESIGN AND COLOR MOCK UP FOR
"OUR HOUSE" (LEFT)
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THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE TEAM.
-MJ &JOSHUA
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITES: WWW.MJLINDOART.COM
WWW.JOSHUALAWYER.COM PHONE NUMBER: 707-508-8254
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