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.
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 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.
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.
I started dreaming in mosaics in 2001. I looked into mosaics and found Laurel True, the founder of the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland California. I took my first class with her in 2004 and made a stepping stone with ceramic tiles, but it wasn't the media I wanted to work in. In 2005, I took my first class in glass mosaics, and it was love at first sight. I have been working in glass ever since. I continue to take classes at IMA in mosaics and art classes at the community college nearby.