Archive for March, 2009
They say it is a virtue
Well, hello there! Long time no chat! The last two weeks have been… how you say… full. Happily, the end of my semester is in sight - my classes are almost finished and my final papers are due April 15th.
Despite the manic state of my life (because of it?) I did manage to finish […]
Mind the gap
I am always hesitant to post pictures of a mosaic at this stage of near completion. The glaring contrast between where the background has and has not been filled in seems to fracture the cohesiveness of the mosaic. Ah well… at least the end is near. Unfortunately for the mosaic but fortunately for me, I […]
Read More..>>Sideways glance
P.S. Perhaps the recent cold snap is to blame; we’ve booked a trip to Mexico…!
Read More..>>Curtain Call
Piece by piece, a curtain of blue descends:
The diamond pattern I have chosen calls for a degree of exactness that has me reaching to new levels of OCD; each piece must be measured for size and placement. Darker mosaic tile, like the blue I have chosen, tends to appear overly fragmented with the white background […]
Read More..>>(Un)happy feet
As predicted, the speed of my progress has slowed since my last update. Such is the overly full life of a grad student, I suppose. One of the things that slowed me down was the birdie’s bottom half - I had no idea that chickadee feet would be so @$#% difficult! Until I remembered the […]
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