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Sounds like a fabulous idea. Too bad that maintainance could have the last
word over art!!!!! My only concern in the added weight stress to the
stairs, with all the clay pieces, grouting, etc. Would this be a problem?

Good luck.

Judie
>The riser is heavily painted concrete. We can rough up the surface with
>files or something. The riser itself is not flat. The top half of each
>riser juts out about a half inch. Drilling and screwing in a strip of wood
>on the lower half of the riser will make the surface flush and ready for the
>squares. We were thinking of using masonite squares and mastic to adhere
>bits of tile or mirror. She will use mastic to adhere the squares to the
>risers. There is a steel stair tred -- our squares will meet its lower edge
>so I don't think mosaic bits along the top edges of squares will get
>dislodged. We plan to grout it with dark or medium gray so it won't show
>the dirt as stairs are heavily used.
>
>The head of maintainance thinks this is a terrible idea, that mosaic bits
>will break off. He wants us to do something small on the wall. He was not
>in favor of the HS project either. His veto will stop us unless I have good
>information to the contrary. I've always thought mosaic is pretty
>indestructible, especially if done correctly with proper surface preparation
>and the right materials. Advice anyone?
>

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