Mosaic Monday - Mosaic Peace Sign

Mosaic Peace Sign

 

Materials: dish tiles, glass gems
 

Height: 8 inches
Width: 8 inches

Another groovy peace sign created in retro cool dish tiles. Flowers in orange, yellow and white hand cut dish tiles surround this 8 inch peace sign and we think it's bright and colorful!

Perfect for anyone, any room, any time of year, all year long.

Grouted and sides and back painted in a complementary color, this has such an awesome retro look to it, a style we especially love.

Many people love peace signs; all ages seem to gravitate toward this sign. It never goes out of style and is always contemporary as well as nostalgic. Gift this to your tween, your grandmother, your boss, your 30-something daughter. Gift yourself. Just because.

A keyhole notch in the back makes this mosaic ready to hang.

Celebrate the gift of peace!

Indoor use only. 

 

$50.00 USD - FREE SHIPPING (USA ONLY)

To see additional photos of this listing and/or to purchase, click on the link at the top of this post. To head on over to my Etsy shop to look around at many more items great for any occasion, click here. This will take you directly to my shop.

Enjoy!

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!~Cindy, EarthMotherMosaics

 

 

Theme Thursday - Retro

Retro. It's groovy. These mosaics having "retro" in their title or theme are all available from my Etsy shop. You can find them by clicking on the links above each photo. Enjoy.

 

Mosaic Peace Sign, Retro, Flower Power

 

Mosaic Bird Wall Art, MCM Art, Retro

 

Retro Jewelry

 

 

 

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!~Cindy, EarthMotherMosaics

 

Promo Blast!

Mid Century Modern Mosaic Wood Wall Hanging, Blue and White - 16 x 7 Inches - $160.00

Blue and white stained glass hand cut to fit a wooden trivet wall hanging made by my father in the 1950's. Mid Century Modern in shape and design. Blue and white flowers in the center. A small piece of rawhide is added to the top for hanging. Grouted in white.

The bottom has 3 hand whittled pegs to keep from hitting the wall when hung and to protect furniture when placed on a table. This can be used to hold a few glasses or a candle or two. Not recommended for food.

We love it as wall art and think it's best hanging in a kitchen or entryway. Perfect gift for newlyweds or newly retired. Measures 16 x 7 Inches.

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Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!~Cindy, EarthMotherMosaics

Promo Blast!

Square Peace Sign - Retro Style Mosaic - FREE Shipping Within US - $95.00

A very unique shape for a very unique mosaic peace sign. Square in design using the ever popular Mid Century Modern "Atomic" dishes nipped up along with a few pieces of china from a separate design. Blended together nicely on this really groovy peace sign, we have to say it: "It's hip to be square!".

We love putting mosaics on peace signs. It is the most fun ever to take a well-known shape and create something new and unusual with it.

Measures 10 inches, has a keyhole slot on back for instant hanging.

Sides and back are painted in vermilion.

Interested in a custom order? Want your very own peace sign in some broken china you may have? We can provide it for you in a favorite color or one in a mosaic of stained glass. Or both. If you have it, we take your broken china, mugs and broken jewelry and make them into forever keepsakes in mosaic giving something old a new purpose once more. We also have a rather large collection of all tesserae and bits and bobs from gathering materials and finding treasures for 10 years. We can provide what's needed. Go to this listing for more information:

http://earthmothermosaics.storenvy.com/collections/617158-custom-made-to-order/products/13656393-mosaic-peace-sign-10-inches-custom-made-to-order

Contact me and we'll talk!

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!

Cindy

Promo Blast!

I've taken all the pendants from my shop on Storenvy and put them into a separate section. "ON SALE" is the newest section and will hold all listings that are reduced in price as the months continue on. I always like to make room for new inventory but I also like to give my customers a deal once in a while.

This pendant is one of my favorites. Her name is Gidget.

ON SALE - Gidget - Retro Green and Blue Mosaic Pendant - FREE SHIPPING Within US - $25.00

We dig this mosaic pendant! Her name is Gidget, dedicated to a favorite TV show growing up in the mid 1960's. Surf boards, large sweatshirts, bathing suits, the ocean, sun, bubblegum and suntan lotion all come to mind when we look at this pendant. It's a gas!

Vintage dish china pieces in retro green and blue along with stained glass in deep blue and perfectly matched green. Makes a great gift!

Appropriate for any age from pre-teen to grandmother. Measures: 1 inch

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!

Cindy

Awesome Finds - Pillows on Society6

That January Feeling by Gemma Correll

Potted Leaves by Budi Satria Kwan

the cat by Bri.buckley

Yellow Van by Speakerine / FlorentBodart

Elephant Swing by Budi Satria Kwan

Ever Guitar by Valentina Harper

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!

Stay peaceful,

Cindy

In The Studio - Part 2

I'm really excited today! My Dad stopped by this week and brought me some of the cutting boards he made around the time I was born to mosaic on.

The leather bands need a little TLC (slightly moldy from being in a damp basement for close to 50 years) but these boards are in great shape and absolutely beautiful otherwise and I am already coming up with mosaic color combos for them.

I used one of these cutting boards for quite a while for it's purpose but when it started to show obvious wear and tear, knowing that my Dad made it, I put it in a box after carefully wrapping it up to keep it safe. There it sat for 10+ years. When I moved here with my daughter and her family, I had to purge many of my possessions, but that stayed with me because I loved it.

In February of this year I decided to put my own touches to the one I had, adding stained glass and a few "atomic" designed dish shards on it.

This is a special mosaic with family history. My Dad cut the board when I was a little girl. When I moved here with my little girls, he gave me one because I really needed a cutting board, starting out on my own. Through the years I used it, knowing who made it and loving it even more because of that. And now, it hangs on my wall, with my magic touches added to it, reminding me that each generation has their own style.

I'm really looking forward to working on these boards!

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!

Stay peaceful,

Cindy

In The Studio

The fun continues this week! All the mosaics I made last week are now grouted!

Two are gifts.

Peace Ornament - Birthday Gift for Rowan who turned 8 years old yesterday but who is having a party this weekend. She loves peace signs and the color purple. I think I've got it covered.

This shoe is for Maddyson who is turning 5 in March. While this might look a tad too sophisticated for a five year old, Maddy is quite an unusual little girl. She drinks coffee (decafe) and prefers zombies over cheerleaders. Starfish is the pet name her grandfather gave her.

One I'm keeping but using as a prototype for made to order items once I can hone my Wediboard cutting skills a little more. Anyone interested in ordering one similar to this, let me know. This was a wooden cheese board my Dad made, probably in the 1960's, and passed down to me to use when I moved back east in the 1990's. I used it quite a bit but the small wooden dowels for feet fell off and I put it aside to do something with some day. I love what I've created with it. The retro feel to it is soooo "me". Recycling something my father made and making it a piece of art has given it even more meaning to me. I'm very happy with it.

One I'm listing next month. Another cutting board my Dad gave me; not sure he made this one, but I used it for years, then put it aside thinking I'd do this with it when I was ready. It took many years to decide what to do and how to do it, but I'm happy with the results. It's solid wood too. Really heavy!!

One is a donation. The iridescent Q's have not yet been added to the quilt. I'm considering adding resin to them, although I've only used it once before and covering them to give them a more solid foundation. On mesh and grouted, they are still too flexible and the mesh is still visible on the sides. It needs a more polished look and resin will give me that. And if they come out looking really bad, I have time (this is due before June 1st) to make another set of Q's and adding resin to those. I'll share a finished photo once I've got it.

And finally one still needs some TLC but will get listed AND offered as a made to order item. I'm not thrilled with my paint job on this - some of the paint bled into the grout on the sides and the hand mixed acrylics color is bit off too. I've decided to get some Washi tape when I can afford it and cover the sides with it. This too, will be shared once it's really finished.

Bohemian Morning

Today I am working on the next donation piece which is a mosaic star box. Inside and out, this box will be covered with stained glass and mirror.

A lot of work-in-progress photos will be shared as I continue. This is due before August 1st.

Support Independent Artisans, Designers and Crafters for your gift-giving needs all throughout the year. Thank you!

Stay peaceful,

Cindy

****ANNOUNCEMENT****

Do you have a shop on Etsy or Zibbet? Would you like to have a featured blog post sharing your art or vintage items?

Once a week, every Wednesday or Thursday (depending on holiday weeks) starting in October 2013 and running through the end of January 2014 (if I can find enough interest) I will write a review of your shop and its items.

This is a busy time of year for shoppers; take advantage of the extra exposure with a featured blog post.

Take a look at this blog post from December 2012 to get an idea as to how your shop could be featured:
http://artbyearthmothermosaics.blogspot.com/2012/12/featured-shop-natural-selection-studio.html

Provide your shop's link below in the comments.

I am looking for specific shops that have good quality photos of their items. No fuzzy photos will be featured. I'm looking for#Handmade items such as #woodworking, #pottery and #jewelryand #Vintage items that gear towards #midcentury #modern and#retro designs but will not rule out any even if they don't fit into these categories until I've had a chance to look at the link you provide below.

This is a great opportunity to get seen by new folks. If chosen, your items will be shared on Pinterest, Wanelo, Google+, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter. I'll send you a link to the written blog once it's been posted. I share my blog on many of the sites mentioned as well. More exposure equals more sales!

If you have a shop or know of an artist that fits into this request but has a website only, share the link below!

Once I've looked over the shop and items, I'll be in touch!

Questions? Send me a message here or email me at: cw.earthmothermosaics@gmail.com any time!

Thank you!

Stay peaceful,
Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics