"Just Ducky"9" x 11.5" (23 x 29.3cm)
Mixed Media Mosaic on Concrete Board
Catching up on my blogging here. I completed "Just Ducky" this past spring but his roots were actually from spring of 2008 when I purchased a cool slice of agate from a vendor at the SAMA show in Miami.
The agate slice had me thinking of an animal eye and, eventually, a Mallard duck.
Now using a slice of rock to represent an eye was rather unconventional, so I decided to go unconventional with my mix of materials too. Lots of fun, and mess, ensued while I pulled out anything in Mallard colors from my stash. Stained glass, fused glass, polished stones, glass beads (some iridescent for a bit of that Mallard shine), vitreous tile bits, ... to name a few.
A fun bonus was using my new hammer & hardie to nip up the marble for the background.
Oh, and since this guy is built on top of concrete board, with pieces attached using Thin-set mortar (tinted black) and has stainless steel hanging hardware, he can even live outside and get wet like a duck :)
"Just Ducky" has sold.
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