It\u2019s difficult to figure out whether the restoration of The Map project, a 2,400-square-foot mosaic depicting La Jolla Shores marine life, is a monumental work of art, or a cutting-edge educational tool.
\nActually, it\u2019s both. The original Map, completed in 2008, deteriorated and had to be replaced. Its replacement is presently spread across the concrete floor inside a Scripps Institution of Oceanography building.
\nThe brainchild of famed, late centenarian Scripps oceanographer Walter Munk and his wife, Mary Coakley Munk, who represents nonprofit Friends of La Jolla Shores, creation of The LithoMosaic Map is nearing completion. Once funding is found, The Map is to be returned to its previous location, the educational plaza at Kellogg Park near the playground and restrooms.
\nBut there\u2019s a problem: More money is needed to complete the project.
\nThe Munks have donated $300,000 to the project, with $500,000 yet needed to fund its installation, which will include educational panels and landscaping.
\nFriends of La Jolla Shores and the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans are spearheading the project.\u00a0
\nThe timetable for funding and replacing The Map in Kellogg Park has been pushed back now to sometime in September, following Munk\u2019s death, at age 101, on Feb. 8.
\nOf The Map, Julie Scarpella, project restoration spokesperson said,”It\u2019s very durable. Every tile is cut by hand, glued down by hand, one by one. It\u2019s done in sections anchored in cement.”
\nThe Map represents Munk\u2019s original pioneering research on waves. “Every department of SIO has been represented in this map,” said Scarpella. “It\u2019s for the community. It\u2019s for the park, representing Walter and all of his work.”
\nBirch Aquarium and local public and private schools are expected to use The Map as a field trip destination. Scuba instructors can also use it as a visual reference, introducing students to local dive sites and marine life.
\nOnce in place, a three-foot-high fence will be installed around The Map\u2019s perimeter to prevent people from using it as a thoroughfare to get to the surf.
\n“It\u2019s meant to keep people in, and keep people out, and as a safety precaution for kids,” noted Scarpella of the fence. “We just want to keep it a safe environment for kids.”
\nBill Kellogg of the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club will provide daily maintenance for the project once it\u2019s finished.
\nThe Map is being fabricated by San Diegans Wick Alexander and Robin Brailsford, who invented its LithoMosaic application technique. It features local sea life, underwater topography and resulting wave refraction. Scarpella added it will be a four- to six-month process to install The Map.
\nonce funding for it is secured.
\nWith more than 100 life-sized mosaic images of local marine life, The Map will provide interactive, identification-based learning opportunities for schoolchildren and visitors each year to Kellogg Park in La Jolla Shores.
\nScarpella added it will be a four- to six-month process to install The Map once funding for it is secured.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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