Who made the tiles?
Many of the tiles were made by the students of High Peaks and BCSIS Elementary, in Spring 2010. Every student from every class hand-panited a 6" slab of wet clay with underglaze. The tiles werecut into 1-2" tiles, fired, glazed again with a clear glossy glaze, and fired a second time. Robyn and Rita and many parent volunteers aided in the process.
Most of the other tiles were donated by ReSource Yard. I went once or twice a week to cull through their tiles and found colorful tiles and granite. Most of these tiles had to be cut into smaller shapes by a wet saw.
A few of the beautiful glass tiles were donated by Home Depot.
How big is it?
The sundial is an 18 foot diameter circle. That means it is (9*9)83.14=254.34 square feet.
The original design was for the sundial to be a 14 foot diameter circle (7*7)*3.14=153.86 squre feet. When I decided to make it bigger, I also needed a LOT more tiles (254.34-153.86=100.48 square feet. Wow! The kids created enough tiles for a 14 diameter circle, but had to make up the difference with manufactured tiles and granite from ReSource, plus some glass tiles from Home Depot.
Who paid for it?
The sundial as well as the whole Aurora 7 Outdoor Classroom was paiod for by grants from GOCO (Great Outdoors Colorado), Lowe's, Home Depot, Boulder Arts Commission, plus generous in-kind donations from ReSource and Rocky Mountain Institute. The art teachers of High Peaks (Jessica Bernstein) and BCSIS (Jan May) donated the use of their rooms, slab roller, and kiln. Jessica Klauzer-Zimmerman, Rita Vali and Cindy Alaimo donated the use of their kilns to fire tiles.
Who worked on it?
Hundreds of volunteers! You know who you are, I wish I could thank everyone!
How many hours did you (Robyn) work on the Sundial?
Robyn's Hours: Design 55, Meetings 15, Consulting 10, Tile Making with kids 120, Firing Tiles 20, Moving tiles 10, Cutting tiles 50, Shopping at ReSource 25, Shopping at Home Depot 10, Making more tiles 25, Layout/Mosaicing 250, Grouting & sealing 25, Driving to & from site 45,Photographing 10, Emailing etc 20, Blogging 40, TOTAL 760 hours
Did you get paid?
Yes, I got paid an honorarium of $1000. (That works out to about $1.30 an hour.)
How many hours did other people work?
I would guess there was about 1 hour of other volunteers' work for every hour of my work. (760 hours) That would bring the total number of volunteer hours to 1520. This does not include the hours of the company men who poured the concrete.
The side is kind of ugly--aren't you going to tile that?
Yes, we will tile it eventually. Maybe we will paint it for this year.
And the sundial in the Outdoor Classroom...
The whole sundial from above:
This is how I took the pictures...Big truck courtesy of the BVSD who lent us the truck and the operator for an hour in the morning. It's pretty fun to be way up high above the grounds of the Outdoor Classroom, hanging out in a little basket. 
