27.6.09

My first mosaic!

I took an intensive mosaic class at the Creative Art Alliance on Saturday.
The class was led by local artist Rick Shelley.
His work is amazing.
He created this beautiful map mosaic for the Walters Art Museum.

Mosaics are my new favorite art-form to create.
Cutting and breaking glass is quite therapeutic.
Arranging the pieces is like doing a puzzle,
without any wrong answers.

Part of me regretted spending the day indoors
—Saturday was a gorgeous day—
but seeing my finished mosaic sparkle made it all worthwhile.


I ordered glass cutting tools online last night.
My next project will be to mosaic the raised flower bed Jack and I built in spring.
I need a lot of practice before I can start my big mosaic project next year.
It's all part of my plan to beautify my little corner of Baltimore.

20 comments:

  1. Ah! It looks awesome! Very pretty!

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  2. that is *gorgeous!* what a great project!

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  3. That is beautiful! Love the glass!

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  4. The mosaic is gorgeous! I love the iridescence.

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  5. It is beautiful, great job! Looks like a fun hobby :)

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  6. Congrats and I love it! The Moon happens to be a fave of mine, lol! I love your enthusiasm in this post and it's keeping mine going today!

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  7. Thanks for your comments everyone!

    I am really happy with the way my first mosaic project turned out--can't wait to get started on the next one. I am thinking a red-copper-gold dragon mosaic would be nice on the flower bed, but I have some other ideas too.....

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  8. oh neat! your description of breaking glass being therapeutic and arranging pieces being like a puzzle sounds appealing to me, i'm going to check out how to make some myself...love yours!

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  9. Your mosaic is beautiful! Definitely worth being indoors. Cutting glass and putting it back together anyway you want sounds so appealing. And that map moasic? Amazing!

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  10. Thats interesting....nothing like an art and it's expressions.

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  11. It's beautimous! Lovely piece.

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  12. Hi there.Found you from Wednesday Spahgetti.
    This is fab!!

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  13. Wow, that's an amazing piece of art. The way ti sparkles at the top but is mute at the bottom ... reminds me of sunset when the moon is just about to peak out. I found you through Fab Brunette, I'll definitely keep on reading here!

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  14. I love mosaic! SO very Philly, lol. My in laws and I did a huge mosaic project together one Christmas holiday a few years back...it was a big bench, about 3feetX6feet. Everyone in the family (10 of us) took a area. It turned out wonderful. My inlaws keep in the back yard by their pool, it is always talked about whenever there are people over. I know that it is going to be treasured always by the whole family. I can't wait to see the BIG project your making. What a great idea.

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  15. ShansPLC and Lizzi -- I definitely encourage you try mosaic making. It's really enjoyable, and the tools aren't nearly as frightening as you might think. No sharp instruments or power tools required!

    ModernMom and Nikolett -- Thanks for stopping by my blog! I hope you keep reading and keep commenting!

    Heather -- What a great family project!

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  16. that is just beautiful. i need to find some classes like that around me, id love those. cant wait to see your new projects :)

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  17. Hi! I love it! I've had mosaic fever recently and need to find a class in Miami! I just did two recent posts with tons of mosaic pics, including a colorful dragon table top... :) enjoy your mosaic-ing!!!

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  18. wow that looks really cool. good job!!

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