Tryptic

Did this mosaic in 2008 and it lives at the cottage above the windows in the dining room. Finally climbed on a stool to take a picture!

Dragonfly

A present for my Aunt Trisha. I used paper behind the glass for a pattern.

Present for Jill

Kitchen backsplash!!

It took a little longer than anticipated, but my kitchen backsplash in complete. It is the same glass that I used in herringbone, but has a bit more yellow in it. Pieces are at least twice the size of the ones used in my parent's backsplash. 

Tis the Season

Commissioned mosaic for a Christmas Crazy Mom. Turned out cute.

Tongues!

Been a while, but the second dragon tongue is complete - super cute!

I've got a new headboard

Love it.

Yes, I'm still working

Thought I would post an old project that you haven't seen before unless you have been to the cottage...it is one of my favorites.

Kyle, State Street, Snow, Mosiac

I gave Kyle his mosaic as a holiday gift and I think he liked it.

It included:

• Gaudy (read awesome) gold frame and gold circles
• Tattoo-like imaging
• Some 3-D action
• A manly colored turquoise, a hint of purple, and most importantly: neon green

It is a whole lotta pressure to make a mosaic specifically for someone so it is nice if they seem to enjoy it. He looks happy, right?

Underwater weed

My finger is healing and the mosaic is done!
It's a keeper.

Measures 17" x 17"

Disaster Avoided

Well, my disaster recovery is complete. I think the orange/coral pops nicely and with the frame painted black the piece looks great.

After grouting was complete the consensus of the neighbors was that yes, they should have trusted me all along about the orange. (Okay, they might not have said that exactly...)

What do you think?

The same, but different

I've made this mosaic a couple of times now. I never noticed before how they are so different. It's one of my favorites.

Splashy!

This is a slideshow of the kitchen back splash that I did. For glass, glue, and grout the cost was around $300. Time wise I would say at least 100 hours with an estimated 30 of just cutting pieces - it's a big kitchen. (Of course I can't really complain because I could have made the pieces bigger.)

Family and neighbors were involved in gluing and grouting spread out over four weekends. One of the reasons I think it turned out so well was that the outlets were mounted under the cabinets so the glass doesn't get interrupted. In case you can't tell in the pictures, it really does kick ass.

Earthy

I really love the brown color of glass from this piece, unfortunately, I haven't been able to find it again.

Measures 26" x 18"

My second ever mosaic project

When I started mosaicing about eight years ago (holy cow) I worked with tile before moving mostly to glass. This is the second thing that I ever made. My awesome Dad made the table and I did the mosaic straight onto a piece of plywood that we then dropped in and grouted.

The table is at the lake, hence the fish design (which I got out of a book). I can still remember how cutting the tile into specific sized pieces really hurt my hand because you had to use so much pressure with the tile nippers. I also remember my roommate yelling at me about the tile shards everywhere. She wasn't too happy when I moved to glass.

He's got personality

Chris is nice so no matter what he thinks he'll fake enthusiasm. But come on, I challenge you to find a better looking Martian tree than this one.

I actually think he's pretty cute - in a quirky, happy, goofy, kind of way.


Measures 13" x 15"

It wasn't love at first sight

I delivered the mosaic and after an initial lukewarm reaction, "Oh yeah, well I like that," Grandma did seem to actually like it.

I base this on the fact that we ended up having to adjust placement on three different pictures before finding the right spot for the mosaic. The right spot ended up being on the wall she faces while sitting in her recliner - a sure sign that she actually wants to see the mosaic. (Although I was worried when she asked me if it was supposed to be a tree - was that not clear?)

Another comment she made, "It's about time I got something new in here - everything is about 40 years old." Gotta love Grandma!

All done

Well, here is Big Guy, all dressed and ready for a night out on the town. He is already hanging up in my living room - which was a project in itself considering he weighs in at about 45 pounds.

I'm happy.

Marble

Okay, I'm posting this photo of a piece I made years ago because I have yet to finish grouting Big Guy and am feeling like a slacker.

The circles are marble cubes and the background is window glass cut in small squares and laid on edge. It looks really pretty when the light hits.

As an aside, the window glass I used for this piece and for Green Circles was gotten for free. Businesses consider it scrap and usually just throw it in the dumpster. They are more then happy to give it to you instead - no dumpster diving necessary. My normal tile cutter works for creating the small squares.

Amazing what the sun can do...

Yellow Spider - Measures 27" x 42"