Witty Mosaics Offer a Beautiful Solution to the Pothole Problem
One Artist Is on a Quest to Improve City Streets via a Durable Ancient Craft
Back in 2013, Jim Bachor had the idea of bringing art to bear on a particularly non-artsy problem—potholes.
Outside his Chicago studio, the pavement was marred with pits and divots. Inside, his tables were full of in-process mosaics. Mosaics build images by assembling small bits of stone and glass fixed with mortar. But they’re not just gorgeous (and painstaking). They’re also as durable as any asphalt. So why not use them to fix up the street?
Bachor got to work.
Now, he’s in the midst of his fourth springtime pothole-filling …
