‘Magic Bus’ is a recent addition to my collection, inspired by one of the most important and impactful movies I’ve ever seen: Into the wild and an even better book by Jon Krakauer with the same title.
I was recently reminded of the movie when I went to a travel presentation by Busem przez swiat about their road trip to Canada and Alaska. During the trip, they managed to visit Aleksander Supertramp’s Magic Bus – which is a bit of a destination for hardcore movie fans and which we don’t recommend you try to do! it’s dangerous, and completely not the point of the movie. You should, however, read the book or watch the movie! You can see it for free included with Prime in the UK.
Usually, when I make a mosaic there is always something that in the end I’m not entirely satisfied with… With this one, I managed to avoid that and I’m actually pretty happy with the results.
Created with ceramic and glass tiles, white grout with silver glitter that shimmers slightly in the light imitating the snow that covers everything during the Alaskan winter.
Later, I found out that I have actually finished the mosaic on the day that the bus was removed from it’s place described in the movie, due to many dangers and accidents that happen when people wanted to visit the bus.
It is now the property of the University of Alaska Museum of the North. You can Support the Road to Exhibition for Bus 142.
You can listen to the podcast about the Magic Bus 142 here.
