WIP Wednesday

Working on this unicorn is almost life altering. This is a true magical adventure.

I really enjoy my Zen time with mosaics. They are the best way I have to stay creative. When I decided to make this mosaic, I knew it was going to be fun but slightly difficult. The idea of making a magical creature became exciting and I knew whatever happens it'll be fun!

So far, the only thing I had a little trouble with was the mane. I ultimately used ball chain to help with direction and give it an outline of sorts.

Here's the progress to date.

Working on the unicorn body, I knew it had to be colorful. The end result was to use glass and mirror.

At this point, the pink fill in started to look like a rainbow. I thought I might go with that but the muse said no, continue filling it all in with pink.

When I stopped working on this for the night, I realized there really was magic happening here. Can you see the pink silhouette of a horse around the unicorn? How cool is that?!

Once the entire background is filled in, I plan to grout in white. I think for fun I'll paint the unicorn in pink with glitter in it.

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

Tesserae Tuesday

Today I'm sharing the mosaic I made for my grandson. He's a big gamer and it's getting harder to find things to make for him as he gets older so I thought maybe he'd enjoy a mosaic with an Xbox controller on it.

I used carbon paper to draw his name and the controller.

Filling in the controller became a bit difficult as I was using pieces of scrap glass in different shades of black.

Putting confetti-like stained glass pieces around the edges gives it a frame.

When it was finished I felt it needed the black buttons in different sizes to give it some depth.

Even though this was a late Christmas present, he loves it! Yay!!

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

Tesserae Tuesday

I made this mosaic, Cat Eyes, for my youngest daughter. It's 6 x 6 inches done in all stained glass. I use dark purple for the fur, metallic gold Van Gogh glass around the eyes of stained glass in blue, green, black and white.

The glass was all dark purple but different kinds of glass because a lot of it was scraps from other projects and/or gifted. It changes in the light, depending on where it's placed. I love that about mosaics.

Grouted in black.

Adding my peace sign signature to the center of this cat's forehead was a nice touch, I believe.

My daughter loves it!


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

Tesserae Tuesday

This week, I'm sharing a mosaic of a pup named Penny. Using a photo her Dad took I created a fun and playful pup in the snow.

The glass I used was gifted many years ago. Thick and probably for use in the kiln. It makes perfect fur, sandy beaches and wavy human hair when I use it.

The technique I used was drawing the design from the photo I printed using carbon paper just like the paper those of us who might needing a copy or multiples of something when we were typing on our good old manual typewriter and then eventually electric typewriters, before offices had copy machines to do it for you, between the drawing and the board.

At this point, I was ready to fill in the background, the snow.

The one thing that looks really neat for me is her under body shadow. It's subtle but it's kinda cool to see I accomplished it.

Penny is taped off and ready for brown grout.

The background was grouted in white and snow flakes here and there were added in millefiori and plastic blue flakes.

Of course, the peace sign in the corner is now my signature. I think she turned out pretty good and I've been assured her Dad think so too. Yay!


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