The World of Dance Mosaic

I wanted to do ballet shoes on pointe in the typical first position but make it a little more interesting. Adding the globe was the first step and it gave me more of the rich colors that I normally use. The second step was coming up with a background. I thought about doing planets or solid black but in the end decided on the cobalt blue with stars. I have to admit that this is my favorite mosaic that I have made so far.

St. Francis of Assisi Mosaic

I just finished this mosaic and I think it turned out pretty well. I used purple and blue hand painted glass for the sky. Pardon all of the mess around it but I took the picture right after grouting while it was still outside.

I Glued Some More Stuff Together

This is my Chinese restaurant collage I guess. You can't really see it in the picture, but I included a whole bunch of my fortune cookie fortunes on the different colored tiles. My cabinet of random stuff is finally emptying out. What I have been trying to do is use up all of my old art supplies before I am allowed to buy any new ones.

I had a whole bunch of rocks and crystals and stuff leftover from other projects and I went kind of nuts gluing them on this old cabinet door. The dragon or dinosaur is a Krystonia figurine that was broken when I received it and so I was quite happy to find a use for it.

Charming Little Charms

I am addicted to buying jewelry. I love it and I can't help myself. The last thing that I went nuts over were trollbeads. Three bracelets later and a lot poorer I realized that maybe I should take a break from buying things. Then my mother and I went to a little shop that had the cutest little charms and we needed them. Obviously we would have never come into contact with them if we weren't meant to have them right. We took the brochure and went outside to sit down and decide what we wanted. After looking through it a few times I started seeing how they were made and realized I could make my own. I came home ordered the stuff, made a whole bunch for both of us, ended up with lots of extras, and saved a ton of money.

Newest Mosaics

These are two of my most recent mosaics. Please excuse all of the fingerprints on the mirror. My husband loves the one with the mirror because of the more realistic colors then I normally use.

Goldfish Stained Glass Mosaic

This is a really small mosaic that I made for a friend. I didn't intentionally make the fish on the left appear grumpy, but he definitely looks irritated about something.

Nude Woman Stained Glass Mosaic

This is one of the first mosaics that I did a few years ago. The plan was to do a series of Kama Sutra mosaics but only the one came to fruition.

Island Stained Glass Mosaic

This is a mosaic that I gave away. I learned a lot making this one. I originally used white grout. Unfortunately, I used red cloths to wipe it down and so the white grout turned pink. Not like a pale pink but like Pepto Bismol pink. Anyway, I learned that watered down black grout is capable of dyeing messed up grout.

Woman with Sitar Stained Glass Mosaic

This is my husbands favorite mosaic. He feels that it is the best face that I have done. This one is on display in a gallery in Augusta Georgia.

The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf Stained Glass Mosaic

I thought that this mosaic would be a really fun one to do because there is so much going on. It was actually really difficult to do though. Not only are there a lot of different characters but there is also an iridescent spiderweb and dark gray lines (to look like cracks in the wall) on the back ground. Fitting everything in proved to be quite irritating and a few mistakes were made because of trying to rush through it. Oddly enough with all of the anger that I had toward this one when making it, it is one of the few that we have hung up and we are quite attached to it. One thing that I really love about this one is that it was made entirely with leftover glass from other projects.

The Marsh King's Daughter Stained Glass Mosaic

This is one of my favorites that I have made. I took my time with it and tried to add a lot of details. I spent a couple of weeks working on it, but all of the narrow lines in her outfit were really fun to do.

In the actual story of The Marsh King's Daughter there were storks bowing to her. When I got my husband to cut the board for this one I forgot to allow for them and so I just added butterflies instead. I personally prefer the butterflies because of the nice colors.

The Nightingale Stained Glass Mosaic

This is one of the first large stained glass mosaics that I have done. There are a few mistakes here and there, but I think for the most part I think it turned out pretty well. I like the story of The Nightingale because it seems to me to teach about having a certain respect for nature and understanding that something as precious as a nightingale can't be replaced with something that is man made.

What you will mainly notice with everything that I make are the bright colors. That is what makes me smile and so almost everything that I make will be a kaleidoscope of colors.