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Garlick Dyes Sponges for Macau Hotel
from The Times Apalachicola & Carrabelle
by Lois Swoboda
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, local entrepreneur Jerry Garlick has taken on an unusual project.
He has been hired by Design Solutions International in Dallas, Texas to dye 6,000 sponges green.
The sponges will be used to cover a 24-foot dome in Macau, a special administrative region of China, near Hong Kong. The dome also features lenses to create rainbows and electronic butterflies to light its interior.
Garlick said he is using a combination of chrome green and Kelly green to color the sponges of several species to create a range of shades.
Garlick colored the sea creatures in his workshop at home and transported them to the airport for boxing and shipping. He began the project Feb. 7 and shipped the last of the sponges March 7.
Garlick now plans to create sponges in a rainbow of colors for sale at the Apalachicola Sponge Exchange.
Steven Stefanou, owner of Design Solutions, said he is now experimenting with sponges as a medium for other projects. He said they found Garlick by Googling natural sponges and they have been very pleased with his work ethic and enthusiasm.
Design Solutions is best known for creating custom, holiday décor of monumental proportions including the annual Christmas display at Rockefeller Center in New York.
Stefanou said the dome is being constructed in Texas and will be shipped complete to China for the grand opening of the Grande Praca hotel on May 1. Rooms at the MGM Grand hotel run as much as $681 per night.
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