Karen Ami

From Great Lakes Wiki

Cool Globes artist: Karen Ami From the lime green streaks in her hair to the recycled tile she used to create her mosaic Cool Globe, Chicago artist Karen Ami's art encourages others to think green.

The Globe: It's versatile, readily available, and an easily renewable source of energy. Wind power is the fastest growing source of electricity in the world, with an annual growth rate of 30 percent. In fact, wind farms are popping up all over the country, as customers demand cleaner energy and policymakers create new incentives for utility companies to make green energy widely available.

This globe represents wind movement and flow over the earth's surface, designed by Karen Ami to show how readily accessible wind power really is. By using ceramic and vitreous glass tiles, Ami contrasts land and water through a variety of textual patterns. The mosaic creates a visually unified whole that serves as a metaphor for the unity necessary in the fight to stop global warming.

Globe Sponsor: Medline

Karen Ami is the founder of the Chicago Mosaic School.