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| "Silent Beauty" |
From a photo I took of a Mangrove Buckeye Butterfly at the Manatee Viewing Center, FL
~ 11" x 7" .
The butterfly portion was pieced from stained glass using a double indirect method. See previous post for a WIP picture. After piecing (on sticky paper), I glued paper to the face, flipped the mosaic and peeled off the sticky paper. I then adhered it to a section of concrete board using thin-set mortar. This portion is grouted in mocha brown.
The background was pieced with Mexican smalti laid with the direct method. The flowers and major leaves pieced first, then the accent reeds in tan, and finally the rest of the background. The background is grouted in black. Generally smalti type glass is not grouted, but the Mexican type is smooth on the face (vs the Italian type that is used cut edge up and often will have tiny air bubbles that fill in when grout is used) and I felt the black grout would help the background to recede and the butterfly to 'pop'.
Finished with an edge of black stained glass. Wired and ready to hang.
The butterfly portion was pieced from stained glass using a double indirect method. See previous post for a WIP picture. After piecing (on sticky paper), I glued paper to the face, flipped the mosaic and peeled off the sticky paper. I then adhered it to a section of concrete board using thin-set mortar. This portion is grouted in mocha brown.
The background was pieced with Mexican smalti laid with the direct method. The flowers and major leaves pieced first, then the accent reeds in tan, and finally the rest of the background. The background is grouted in black. Generally smalti type glass is not grouted, but the Mexican type is smooth on the face (vs the Italian type that is used cut edge up and often will have tiny air bubbles that fill in when grout is used) and I felt the black grout would help the background to recede and the butterfly to 'pop'.
Finished with an edge of black stained glass. Wired and ready to hang.
2 comments:
Hi - just found your blog and wanted to let you know that your work is outstanding. I've done stained glass, but not mosaic and thought I would like to try it for all those "leftover" pieces of glass. I've enjoyed looking at your work.
Thank you so much :) 'Leftover' glass is perfect for mosaic; have fun creating!
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