This week I am doing some preparation on the small mosaic trays.

Here are some new designs in progress…

Circle tray

Swirl tray

I’m quite excited to see the end result…

The mosaic barn owl is finally finished!

Mosaic Barn owl

This picture of a barn owl in flight has been the most challenging mosaic I’ve had to make so far…hopefully there will be plenty more mosaic commissions in the not so distant future.

Here are some of the photos of the mosaic barn owl commission in progress. It was inspired by a mosaic at a local shopping center.

Left wing

The left wing was completed during last week…

Tail

the tail came into being on Sunday afternoon…

Right wing

the right wing was completed on Monday afternoon, but still had a lot of work before the deadline on Thursday.

Finally on Thursday evening at 6 o’clock the grouting process started and finished an hour later…

Grouting

Wow, what an amazing adventure this was. From starting with the drawing, to planning the colour palette, to selecting the mosaic tiles and the execution.

The next step…THE BIG REVEAL…

Sitting on a Sunday morning…placing, cutting,

Cutting tiles

sticking…

Sticking tiles

slowly but surely making progress with the latest mosaic project.

This week I’ve been doing some prep work for my next mosaic commission.  I’m very excited about the colour scheme! Some of the tiles have gold streaks and there is also a charcoal opal tile for some accent.

I won’t reveal too much right now, but will post the finished piece shortly.

The mosaic wine tray is finally finished!

Wine red mosaic riverglass tiles were used for the grapes and two shades of green mosaic opal riverglass tile were used for the leaves.

The dark grout accentuates the design.

Wine tray

Here are some mosaic trivets; ideal to use when placing a hot pot or pan on the dinner table. Glass mosaic tiles and ceramic mosaic inserts were used as these are ideally suited for extreme temperatures.

red and yellow fish

Green fish

Three glass flowers

Red Heart trivet

Green Heart trivet

Mosaic Heart hook on a wooden base.

Heart

This took quite some time to complete as I had to make ten of these.  I used a 9,5cm x 9,5cm wooden base and fastened a hook at the back and two decorative hooks to the front.  The heart is made with wine red river glass tiles and the background with white river glass tiles and white grout for a striking effect.

Ocean themed glass tiles.

Angel fish

Shell

This week I will be planning my next commission. Just some small tiles to be done with an ocean theme.  Pictures will include some fish, a nautilus shell, and a starfish.

These are some pictures for inspiration…

Clown fish

Starfish