Archive for February, 2008
Ode to Joy
Title: Ode to Joy
Size: 16 x 20 inches, professionally framed
Mixed Media: stained glass, unglazed tile, mirror, abalone shell, and recycled earrings
Created in February 2008
Available for purchase: $800
Bonus material:
Read More..>>Ungrouted flowers
Approximately 15 hours of mosaic work in the last two days have bruised, blistered, and cut my fingers to shreds. What’s the rush? My art nook needs to be packed up while we relocate to our newly purchased home. Soreness aside, I’m pleased with the results of my hard work. I look forward to grouting […]
Read More..>>Mosaic Tipping Point
I have reached the tipping point for my most recent glass mosaic: the foreground is complete and I have chosen how to do the background. In many ways, all the artistic decisions have been made, and the rest can be finished quite quickly. It’s good timing because my beloved and I have just bought a […]
Read More..>>Fused Glass Experimentation
Last week I went to a fused glass workshop held by a local shop, Bissett Stained Glass. The course taught us how create pendants by assembling sandwiches of fusable glass, and then baking it in a kiln. I was pleased (and amused) by my results. My favorites include the sushi, the olives, the pomegranate, the […]
Read More..>>Seeing is be-leafing
The foreground is coming along, albeit slowly - I fear there may be real leaves on the trees outside of my artnook before this thing is grouted!
There are some fun details to be found within this piece. Can you spot the abalone shell berries and the old earrings I have snuck into the design?
