Mosaic Welcome Sign

A little bit of the process of making a mosaic:

This time I just started with an idea in my head- no picture or sketch- just "Hmm, I haven't made a welcome sign in a while." So I pulled out a piece of concrete board (already prepped with Tee Nuts for hanging) and pulled down some bits to play. I have PLENTY of bits, lol. I save even little teeny bits. See that colorful section in the first picture? I also have a LOT of plastic containers with color sorted pieces leftover from other projects. That's where the glass for the letters came from. See the second photo. Lots of nice long skinny pieces there already. Perfect for lettering.

I penciled in letters based on the size of the glass and sketched on the board until it looked right. Yellow came in from pieces I cut but didn't use for my Interloper Clock . Then I guess I had my previous welcome sign in my head because I pulled out leftover bits saved from that project. Add in a few more colors of glass for shading to white plus little black freshwater pearl beads and I was on my way.





Last picture shows finished mosaic grouted in warm grey. I also painted the edge and back with a deep green exterior paint. I like to work on concrete board since it is so weather friendly compared to wood.

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Deck the Halls Musical Mosaic

I purchased a few little wind up music boxes quite a while ago and have finally figured out a plan for them. This is the first and the others will also be botanical little scenes that hopefully can be displayed year round and not just during the holidays (music is mostly holiday themed).

5" x 8" stained glass on concrete board.

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Interloper WIP

This morning I finally got a chance to play with an idea I've been working on for a little clock. It is loosely based on the bouquet in the photo.

The clock will be in the large pink flower and I plan on attaching a sweet little bee bead to the minute hand- so that's where the title of this clock comes from.

At the moment I think I'll fill the background with a deep green tone on tone look of leaves and random shapes. Because I want the clock hands (black) to be visible, the grout for the pink flower will be a light green and then deepen to darker green going toward the perimeter. I shaded the grout once before and was pleased with the result.

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Autumn Dance

Doing a bit of a happy dance for the completion of 'Autumn Dance'. Scroll down for WIP pictures of this mosaic- plus the story behind it.

One more WIP to finish ( http://mosaicsmith.blogspot.com/2008/05/egret-wip.html ) but I will be working on some small fun projects at the same time. I have a few mosaic light switch covers in the works and plans for some more mosaic clocks.

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"Autumn Dance" has sold.

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