Tesserae Tuesday

Now that I've got almost everything I've been waiting for to get the muse back up on her feet, I'm the one dragging them. However, I do have the beginning of some magic going on here and thought I'd share. This will be shared tomorrow too, for WIP Wednesday. Hopefully you'll see a bit of progress at that point.

This is a photo I took quite a few years ago and altered with color. The glass shown here will be the basket and might possibly cover the entire surface or just leave it as a box like you see here.

I painted the sections with similar colors and noticed the box I drew around the fruit is slightly tilted. That won't make much difference in the end I don't believe. Using the glass that looks like the colors of the basket, might look pretty cool all around the fruit. I'll decide that when the time comes. Well, the muse will have the final say in it all, of course. ;)

Here's the glass I'll use for the fruits. I'm excited to make this one. By the way, the base is one of my Styrofoam pieces I covered in plaster strips and thin set. Not entirely sure how it will be finished. Hung or placed in a stand? But first, the magic has to happen!


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Mosaic Monday

Sunflower Mosaic, Mosaic Trivet, Mosaic Wall Hanging, Sunflower Wall Art, Mosaic Wooden Trivet, Wedding, Housewarming, Birthday, Fathers Day

 

 

Materials:stained glass, mirror, broken mug

Dimensions: Height: 16 Inches; Width: 7 Inches

This Mid Century Modern Mosaic Wall Art has a history to it. The base is a wooden trivet, made by my Father in the late 1950's, early 1960's. The design was just starting to become known and adored and he and a friend sold many of these in NYC. The band around the top handle is real leather and the wood was cut using a lathe, sanded down and stained by my Dad. A few years ago he handed me 5 of these beauties and asked if I could use them for mosaics. The first one I made is mine to keep but a few I've decided to sell.

 

 

Done in all hand cut stained glass in brown and black and copper mirror, the center section has 2 hand cut sunflowers from a broken mug. My Dad has whittled small feet on the bottom to protect the surface of either a wall or table.

Hang on the wall, use as a candle trivet; it's up to you how you display this unusual piece of handmade artisans work. But please display it proudly!

 

 

Makes a great gift for an anniversary, wedding, new home owner, apartment dweller, college bound student, birthday, retirement and the list goes on.

Keep it and gift yourself. I absolutely believe you will smile each time you see it.

Not recommended for food or oven use.

Measures 16 inches x 7 inches.

Indoor Use Only.

 

 

$80.00 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

 

Fabulous Friday

This week, it's all about touches of gold.

Here are 5 of my favorites. Click on the links to take you to the item for more information and the shop link is under each photo if you'd like to see what other fantastic items you might find. Have fun!!

Hand Painted White Waterproof Parasol With FREE Umbrella Bag, White Umbrella, White Parasol, Wedding Umbrella, Wedding Parasol, Parasol 

holycowchic

14k gold filled choker necklace with a tiny star

SandandRain

Sun necklace, 14k Solid gold necklace,custom gold necklace, Custom jewelry, sun pendant, delicate necklace,summer necklace, sun pendant

EvangelosJewels

Carnival Glass Gold luster punch cupREPLACEMENT only ONE available Very good No flaws. China Galore

ChinaGalore

Prosperity Candles - Success Crystal &Herb Candles - Aromatherapy Candles - soy candle - Pyrite, citrine crystal candle - gold flakes

 

NewMoonBeginnings

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

Throwback Thursday

Last year somewhere around October, I made this really cool retro looking peace sign. Just before Mother's Day, it sold!

So many blessings go along with this one. It is going to someone as a Mother's Day gift although obviously it will arrive late since that was on May 10th. But I just have a feeling it's going to be well-loved, and that's a really nice feeling.

The other blessing is that it was sold from being viewed on Goggle Ads which Etsy set up on their own for us starting this month for free. It was the first off-site ad that made a sale for me. Etsy uses Facebook and Instagram Ads as well, for free, unless or until we make a sale. Then a percentage is taken. I'm fine with this arrangement because these sites are frequented by many people. The chance that traffic increases in our shops is a very good one.

I'm happy to say I recently ordered more peace sign substrates to work on. I'm looking forward to creating something fun and possibly retro once more. I really love these colors, don't you?!


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

WIP Wednesday

Well, here it is, time to share a new WIP and I don't have anything to show you yet. But I do have a design on a crescent moon ready for some work when I get the ball chain I ordered. Once it arrives, I will hopefully find the inspiration and color choices to go along with it.

This is 15 inches high, about 12 inches wide from tip to side.

Whenever I do a custom order, I get 2 substrates just in case I don't like the way it's going. Sometimes it's a blessing to know I have another one the same size if I see the work isn't happening the way it should. This was an extra I got from the custom I did at Christmas time. I'll share that here too, so you can see something colorful at the very least.

Honestly, I'm supposed to be working on a gift for my son-in-law for his birthday which was in April. I stare at what I want to make him almost every day but the muse is not inspired to do much just yet. Hopefully someday soon I'll pick up the tools and glass and just go to it. Meanwhile, planning and deciding what to do and how to do it, is all I'm able to do just now. It'll happen. I'm just not sure exactly when.


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

Tesserae Tuesday

This week I am getting the things I ordered recently. It's exciting to see the notifications that the order is on its way or has been delivered. It's fun!!

I now have glue and thin set but I'm still waiting for grout. That's okay because the muse is snoozing and I'm not ready to get back to creating just yet.

Here are a few things that arrived over the past few days that will help the muse wake up and start the magical journey into mosaic making.

These bright and beautiful colors are from Mosaics By Maria. I love her glass! Thank you once again, Maria, for the quick turnaround time!

And here are the sun substrates from WoodCraftCutouts and the deep, dark, luscious stained glass and millefiori from ChristineBrallier both on Etsy.

I have a nice container I put new pieces of glass in before introducing them to their new brothers and sisters. It takes a while to acclimate, because they are the new favorites, all bright and shiny. But after a few weeks, when I start to need additional colors from my stash of supplies I have on the shelves, these get blended in with those and seem happy to co-exist.

The container looks small but holds all of these bags with ease. And the suns look on in amusement knowing they'll be getting a splash of primer and a hanger attached to their back end very soon before any glass shown here will be used. It's all good. Everybody plays well together. I insist on it. ;)



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

Mosaic Monday

Hello all! I'm back to blogging once more on a brand new PC. Woohoo!

Today I'd like to share Moon Beams the jewel and earth toned crescent moon. Happily, this recently sold and is on it's way to it's forever home as I write this. What a blessing!

Crescent Moon Mosaic Art, Jewel Tones, Bohemian, Hippie, Wall Art, Wall Hanging, Moon Art, Housewarming, Birthday, Wedding, Mothers Day

Mosaic Crescent Moon in hand cut Van Gogh glass, yellow and green stained glass, green iridescent glass and silver recycled mirror.

The swirls in mirror are from top to bottom; the gorgeous Van Gogh glass (a clear glue chip glass that is painted on the back with metallic, automotive-type pigment) surround the gems and silver swirls. The green and yellow glass is added around the Van Gogh glass. Triangles of iridescent green glass follow the swirls. Your eyes will travel up and down this beauty. A long-time friend has dubbed this "Moon Beams". Perfect!

Painted in black acrylic on the back. Measures 10 inches.
 

I'm getting more crescent moons in stock to do my mosaic magic. One is 15 inches, two are 12 inches. I'm sure I'll share WIP photos in the weeks to come, if you are interested to watch their birth.


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