Halloween Mosaic Skulls 2014

 

I love creating more than one of a piece so I can keep working right along until I can perfect them... or at least try to perfect them! These were this year's addition to my Halloween art. They hung out front along with past mosaics made for this time of year. They each are approx 12" tall, glass mosaics on substrates of 3D sculpted cement on Wediboard.

"Birds On A Wire" - 3D mosaic Sculpture

Another series of mosaics, this time based on what birds look like perched on telephone wires. Each bird is approx 12" tall or so and is a glass mosaic with a substrate of sculpted cement on Wediboard.

"14 Carrots" - 3D Mosaic Carrots

 
I really like to create a series of designs/mosaics so I can really get a train of thought going. These are, literally, 14 carrots. Each is hand made cement on Wedi substrate, sculpted to be 3D. Approx 16"-18" tall.

"13 Crows" - a Mosaic Bench for Jingletown

This art was for a strangely designed bench. It consisted of two end pieces made of cement and then a cement slab lays from one to the other, creating the seat. One end piece was a cube and the other was more rectangular. My job was to cover 3 of the 4 sides of each end piece. I thought about what a person would see on the ground and chose to design crows - my favorite bird! And the number 13 just goes so well with "Halloweenishness" of crows! I also designed this piece so that the crows are not obvious. This is meant to be difficult to see.. to reflect the way that humans barely look at their environment, therefore making everything "hard to see"!

Lemon Lime Orange Lime mosaic

Something I had wanted to do for a while were large versions of small slices of fruit. Out of that came this piece. Lemon Lime Orange Lime. Each is approx 16" wide. Made of glass mosaic on cement covered styrofoam. These pics show 3 different ways these can be hung. They are meant to be fun and tongue-in-cheek.

O'Neill - Crow Family Crest Mosaic

This was a fun - almost hilarious - project. Commissioned by siblings for a birthday present for one of them, I had to research the crests for O'Neill and Crow, then mix and mingle them into a design that could be accomplished in glass! Presenting the O'Neill-Crow Family Crest. 3D cement wall-hanging substrate for glass mosaic. 12" x 16".

Mosaic Sun & Moon for a Departed Mother

Mosaic sun and moon commissioned as a remembrance for a mother who had passed. She had sat and walked in this garden and so these pieces now hang in her memory. Both are glass mosaic on 3D handmade cement substrate. Sun is 2' in diameter, Moon is approx 2' from tip to tip.