Finally The Glass!

I do the dragonflies first, start the butterfly , but have to stop until the flowers are done. Now I can finish the butterfly to compliment the rest of the mosaic. I love the exotic feel of the piece, and will have to keep that expression foremost in completing the mosaic. It is always important to keep the theme running the work. Not forcing; but permeating.

The Next Step

I start to narrow down my glass choices and put them together in my lazy susan dish to ponder their cohesiveness. Then I make cuts after the mosaic begins.

Hawaiian theme mosaic

Here I am at the beginning: the drawing. I lay out possible glass choices and start playing with beads and gems. This mosaic is for a particular person, so I have to draw on their preferences and trust my intuition.

Kaitlyn's Shrine

I grouted the mosaic in a muted light pink; I added silver grout glitter for p1zazz! In person it has a livelier look. Light dances off the crystals that I used for leaves and the silver beads I used to decorate the piece.

Paint Makes A Difference

I painted the frame black around the sides and pink in the indentation to pop the pink that is n the mosaic. Tomorrow I will grout the piece in a light pink and throw a bunch of grout glitter on it, since college girls love sparkly things. And I do to! The piece will have a name tomorrow.

Kaitlyn's Mosaic

Kaitlyn is going off to college in a week and I wanted to send her a gift for her dorm room. The mosaic is based on the colors that she is decorating her room with. The picture frame has not been painted or grouted yet...next step: paint, and then I will grout.

Trash to Treasure

I finished a week ago and grouted it with two colors of grout. The grout colors I feel did a great job uniting this explosive piece. I have not named the piece yet; just finishing it is enough for now.

Still!

I took this picture a month or so ago but did not have time to post it. I wanted to show the process I went through to finish this mosaic.

Progress is Slow

I have been working on this piece longer than any other because it has no set design. It is evolving out of my wanting to create without boundaries or rules. I love saying, “I think I will try this and see what happens.” No judgment; no critical voice of disapproval. I am coloring outside the lines, and while it is fun; it is also agonizing to be breaking out of my comfort zone. So, here is the direction it is going in to date.