Maze of the Week #34 - Bok Tower Gardens Maze

August 22, 2022

Maze of the week #34 features the Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida, and specifically the Bok Gardens Tower. It has a long and interesting history and you can learn all about the gardens and plan a visit by visiting their website. It hosts events and can be rented for weddings.

Here is a photo of the tower:

The maze: I went with black and white. I have considered colorizing it, but decided against it because of the individual shade each brick has. I like that the bricks made for a nice grid construction.

Bok Tower Gardens Maze — Bok Gardens Tower Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Downloads of the maze are available.

Coming next week:

A maze of a museum !

Maze of the Week #33 - First Missionary Baptist Church Sign Maze

August 15, 2022

We return to a favorite subject of mine for maze of the week #33, a sign maze. This particular sign comes to us from the First Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a historically important church, and it’s congregation was first organized in 1845. I suggest you read about it’s history on it’s Wikipedia page, or on this website dedicated to black history.

I was browsing signs on the internet and found this one. I like structure and the way the small pops of color play off the majority black and white sign.

Let’s take a look at a photo of the sign before getting to my maze:

First Baptist Church Sign — Robby Virus, flickr

The maze: It is a standard maze and I used yellow as the wall color because it looked better than white. Because the neon tubes are white I also framed the maze in a light grey so they are visible on the edges of the sign.

First Baptist Church Sign Maze — First Missionary Baptist Church Sign Maze

I hope you enjoy the maze. Downloads of the maze are available at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A building (tower) maze from Florida.

Maze of the Week #32 - The Louvre Maze

August 8, 2022

I am excited to present my maze of the week #32, The Louvre, the most visited museum in the world in Paris, France. I was fortunate enough to visit it for many hours one day and it is huge and completely worth your time. It is home to the Mona Lisa (smaller than you think) and the Venus de Milo. It originally opened its doors on August 10, 1793, thus the launch on the site this week. Happy Birthday.

There is a lot to say about this museum and if you want to find out more, Wikipedia The Louvre or visiting the museums website in English would be a good start.

How about a quick tour of the museum in 4K?

You can find many photos of the Louvre so I will assume you know what it looks like. Let’s get right into the mazes:

The Mazes: My first version is a standard black and white version:

The Louvre Maze in black and white — The Louvre Maze

And my second and third versions are something new, mixed media mazes using a version of my maze overlayed on a photo of the Louvre. I could not find the photographer to properly attribute them as this photo is found on many websites. This version also is wide angle to showcase more of the wonderful nighttime photo. I did 2 versions, a white background and one that uses the reflection of the buildings color.

The Louvre Maze mixed media version — The Louvre Maze - mixed media version

The Louvre Maze mixed media color version

I hope you enjoy the mazes. Downloads are available at the mazes permanent home.

Coming next week:

A sign maze.

Maze of the Week #31 - Ponce De Leon Lighthouse Maze

August 1, 2022

Our Maze of the week #31 features the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse and Museum located in Ponce Inlet, Florida. Apparently this is one of the tallest lighthouses in the US, so now you know. What really attracted me to this particular lighthouse was the vibrant color. When you see a landscape photo or video of the lighthouse you’ll notice it can be seen from far away and in looks great against the lush green hues on the ground.

Here is a great place to learn about the Lighthouse. Maybe you are wondering why I am featuring the maze this week ? Well, It was designated as a NHLD (National Historic Landmark District) on August 5, 1998.

I love drone footage…

A photo of the lighthouse:

Ponce de Leon Lighthouse — Steven Martin , flickr

The Maze: the beautiful color was difficult to get just right, but this is where I landed. Depending on the photo you look at and the lighting this is probably right a few times a day just like a broken clock ! Is it orange ? Is it pink ?