From The Studio - Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!!

I've gotten the surprise mosaic I was working on, grouted and gifted!

This was a broken wine glass that said "Happy Birthday" in bright and colorful letters.

You can see more photos from the previous Wednesday's post here.

Bright orange grout to pick up the colors in the lettering was used.

I was very pleased to be able to get all the lettering of "Happy Birthday" on this cute little sphere.

The base is the bottom of the broken wine glass and I added some wooden beads to the top.

On the table now are 4 pastel colored dishes shaped like a flower. Each one is getting the mosaic treatment. With some help from my oldest daughter's step daughter - Asuka, who comes up to work with me on occasion for a few hours during the weekends when she's here, we're getting them finished quickly. We're adding tempered glass and clear glass 1/2 circles on the dishes.

This is the one I'm working on.

This is the one Asuka is working on.

She doesn't have a lot of experience with mosaics, but she's taken to it easily. I enjoy spending time with her and sharing some of what I do with her.

We each have 1 more to work on after these are finished. Then grouting! Of course!!

Last week I mentioned I was going to use black grout on the large candle holder I made (photo below) but I've since changed my mind. I'm going to use grey grout. I still want the drama but I don't want it too severe. It'll be in a room that has a grey lamp in it, so I thought that would be a nice complementary choice.

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From The Studio - Wednesday

Zen time at the work table is a necessity for me. There are times when I zone out and forget to write blog posts or forget to share the ones I've written. Such is the case this past week. I didn't write a post on Friday nor did I share Monday's post with the usual social media gang. Still and all, I'd like to say I enjoyed the time at the table as much as I always do. And therefore, the Universe is smiling.

Here is the large candle holder almost completed and ready for resting and allowing the glue to dry before I grout.

A few days ago I was moving around the small 3 inch ornaments that I haven't yet put any mosaic magic on and decided to use it on a small project.

During one of our gatherings here in our home, one of the rambunctious children knocked over a wine glass that had "Happy Birthday" on it. Knowing I might be able to do something with it, later after the party, I was asked if I could maybe make a mosaic out of it or use it in some way? Indeed I could!

I started cutting up the pieces, some mirror and stained glass in bright colors matching the lettering in the broken glass. I cut off the stem of the wine glass and used it as a base, put the small sphere on top and started in on my quest to take something broken and make it into something magical and new.

I was able to get most of "Happy Birthday" and some candles on it and then used the rest of what I had to decorate the sphere in an abstract way.

This was a fun thing to do and fairly easy! Grouting color will be decided soon. I want to use a color that will compliment, not fracture the pieces or make it too dramatic. While it rests, I have time to figure that out!

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