WIP Wednesday - August Birth Flower: Gladiolus

 I finished up the flowers on this mosaic. You might see, on the printout I used as my guide, the circle in the center. Originally that area was supposed to be a white flower but the stained glass I had wasn't really looking good so I decided to continue with the pink. I don't think it takes away from anything or looks wrong. I actually think it looks pretty good.

The background glass is left over from the larkspur mosaic I made for July's Birth Flower. I'm unsure I'll have enough of one color, so I'll be using both the iridescent glass and the stained glass. This is beautiful glass. The colors are just amazing in the iridescent pieces. I'm looking forward to including it in this.

I think I'll go with the flow making what I call waves with the stained glass for the background. I'll share more next week.

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WIP Wednesday - August Birth Flower: Gladiolus

 The birth flower mosaic is coming along really well. The size is approximately 8-1/4 inches.

I took these photos below yesterday afternoon when the sun was coming through the window. I have to admit, it's going faster than I thought it would. So far I've got 4 hours into it. Another 2-4 will finish it up.

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Tesserae Tuesday - August Birth Flower - Gladiolus

 It's time to get back to work after my 3 week rest/recoup/regeneration time. First thing up is the August Birth Flower, Gladiolus, in white and pink. Very pretty and luckily, I have a lot of scraps that will work really well with this flower.

This mosaic is being done on a piece of treated Styrofoam. A hanger has been added but it feels really unstable at the moment. Once it's finished if the back still feels that way I'll add more thin set to the hanger and hope it stays put. The next piece I do on Styrofoam, I believe I'll poke holes in the top and run some ribbon or string through for hanging.

I used the design I printed of the flowers and drew on the board using carbon paper.

I'll be digging through the scraps to get more but these pieces above represent what I'll use.

Some of the colors are washed out due to the overhead light but I'm using greens for the leaves and stems, whites with blue, a few pieces of iridescent white and some with grey, and pinks in light through dark. Hopefully it'll all come together within the next few weeks.

I hope to start on this, this afternoon as long as the heat isn't too bad up here in the attic. Thank goodness for the a/c because it wouldn't be possible to move around without it some days!

Tomorrow's post will share the crescent moon I finally finished getting glass down on. That took a while to complete but it looks just as I want it to. Yay!

 

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WIP Wednesday - Crescent Moon and August Birth Flower

I'm still working on the crescent moon. Actually I took some time off to grout the things in the pile needing it and will get back to the moon once finishing touches are complete with those newly grouted pieces. Photos will need to be taken for listings as well. Then I can concentrate on the moon once more.

Here's the moon as it stands at the moment. Almost finished!

I'm sure it'll be finished within the week.

Next up, after the moon, is the next in the series of birth flower mosaics. August is gladiolus and so very pretty pinks and whites with green for the stems of course.

Hopefully it'll turn out looking as good as the larkspur has. This photo isn't the best but it shows what it now looks like after being grouted. I'm very pleased with the results.

The best thing about making these is the practice in flower mosaics I'm experiencing. Good practice indeed!

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