Struggling for Grandeur is a site specific sculpture designed for the Tea Room at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida. Over a year I had the opportunity to investigate the history of Vizcaya and be influenced by the aesthetic richness of this baroque mansion. The Tea Room is the gateway between inside and out. Beyond its stain glass windows the main garden has a repeating tea drop shaped topiary that represents mans struggle to conform nature into its vision. The sculpture is rendered in plastic, an artificial contemporary material, and is built up with layers of excessive ornamention.