San Diego Airport Mosaic Mural
Day at the Beach — a 38-foot hand-cut mosaic for Terminal 1 at San Diego International Airport. Fabricated in our own studio from smalti, vitreous glass and marble.
The brief
Create a calm, sunlit beach scene for an airport waiting area. The composition brings surfers, sailboats, sandcastles and seabirds together across a Pacific horizon.
At 38 feet wide and 6 feet 6 inches tall, the mural required careful translation from artwork into hand-cut glass and marble — with panel joins planned to read as one continuous image.
Design details
Our scope
Mosaiclegs fabricated the mural from supplied artwork. Our scope included color matching, hand-cutting the glass and marble, planning panel breaks, and preparing the numbered layout for the tile contractor.
The artwork remained the designer’s composition. Our role was to translate its figures, color transitions and fine details into a full-scale mosaic.
Fabrication & delivery
A mural this size is not shipped as one piece. We fabricated it in numbered, paper-faced sections, with a panel layout showing the tile contractor where each section belonged.
Installation was handled on site by a tile contractor, not Mosaiclegs. Planning the panel breaks during fabrication allowed the finished wall to read as a continuous composition.
Project facts
Location: Terminal 1, San Diego International Airport
Artwork: Day at the Beach
Dimensions: 38 feet × 6 feet 6 inches
Materials: Smalti, vitreous glass and marble
Mosaiclegs scope: Mosaic fabrication and numbered panel layout
Delivery: Paper-faced sections for installation by a tile contractor
Your next project
For a lobby, hospitality space or public building, start with the wall dimensions, proposed artwork and project location. We can discuss material options, fabrication scope and the information your installer will need.
Have an existing design? We can review how its scale, color and detail translate into mosaic. Need a new concept? Tell us about the space and the direction you have in mind.
Planning a mosaic mural?
Send the details of your project, or call (323) 389-5347. Studio hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Pacific.