In 2024 I purchased a wooden tray I was going to mosaic and send to my family in Norway. Before I got very far in the mosaic process it cracked and split in quite a few places making it impossible to put a mosaic on it. It wouldn't stay in one piece, I knew.
If you'd like to see the original plan for this tray, you can read the blog post I wrote about it and shared the set up with some of the mosaic tiles I was going to use here and here as well. I ended up purchasing more tiles and still have many of them. They are shared in the second post.
Meanwhile, I repaired the cracks (blessings sent above toward my woodworker Father who taught me how to do these things!), primed it and let it sit for a year unclear on what to do with it. I do that. My projects wait for me, however. They are not in a hurry to be made until I am ready to make them. This is why I love them. They are patient.
Now that I'm discovering my way around collage, I decided to get this tray out of the garage, put some cork pieces on the bottom, paint it and collage it. And even better, use it!
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| Magenta, turquoise, yellow and black acrylics. The yellow is sponge-painted on the tray creating a green on top of the blue. Love it! |
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| Here's the collage papers ready for ripping up and gluing! |
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| All done! Reminds me of a fancy scarf design. Awesome! |
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| The tray is now sitting on my art work table holding paint, brushes, glue sticks and other assorted supplies. |
It may have taken a year or so but I love it's transformation now.
Enjoy the journey.
Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics
https://artbyearthmothermosaics.com
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