Okay, I can’t stand it, I have to post a couple of photos from the latest mosaic.
I do apologize to you potters reading the blog as I’ve been a bit mosaic-heavy this fall but I have been also making pots and I will post about them as soon as I get a minute.
I am working on a mosaic for a new bathroom in our house- so this is a mosaic I’ll have to look at very often.
I started out with an idea of prairie but I knew I would have to work out the colors and background as I went
– our other bath surround had the convenient design of single images on a white background. This, as you will see is a bit more complex.
This was just too muddy for me and I took out some diagonal leaves and simplified just a little. I’m surprised actually how much that helped.
I’m still not completely happy with it but I do love my clouds!!
the only problem with them is that I have to use the nippers on just about every piece. It’s a bit hard on my hands. I’m so glad I invested in a pair of better nippers and I’ll bet I could stand to go up another level of tool quality.
So that’s the water controls wall- the tallest and perhaps the largest in square feet – we shall see; but it feels really good to have the first panel done and today I will be taping it and maybe cutting it up so I can start on the second panel.
I’ll keep you posted!
I absolutely love this and love getting updated.
So really, really cool. I loved comparing the two images to find where you had reworked the piece [“simplyfied” (!)]
Thanks for your posting. I’ve embarked on a mosaic bathroom for my new art studio. Tore down the garage and thought I’d have fun with designing and making the bathroom into one big artsy experiment. Phew what was I thinking? Anyway I’m taking a break from the dirty work now and enjoying your thought process.
I hope to see more.