Well it was bound to happen at some point-I forgot to blog last Monday.
I was still in vacation mode with memorial weekend and it was my daughter's 19th birthday.
So...a lot has happened since the last time I blogged.
We had our mosaic guild opening last Friday. It was so much fun to be a part of and we had a lot of people that were coming through to view the pieces. I can't get over the talent within our group and everyone definitely has thier own style.
I said yes to doing another mosiac for our local hospital! It is quite an honor to be asked to do another mosaic for thier labor and delivery area. I made up some sketches and one was approved so I am already working on it. They wanted a piece that was pastel and light in color. So I went with the light purples, greens, pinks and blues. The piece will be called "Sweet Child of Ours" since after I drew the sketch the flowers reminded me of lollipops. I thought it would be nice to have a mother and father flower with a baby flower, since it is in the maternity wing.
The materials I'm using are vitreous tile, beads, marbles, buttons, metal charms, pearls, mirror, karma tile and stained glass. It is a 20" x 30". I'm having fun with the colors and the cute theme! I have a due date of July 1st. So my goal this week is to complete the flowers, so that next week I can get to the background.
Also I finished my smalti piece with bleeding hearts! I am done now with the smalti class that Connie Cohen taught-Thanks to Connie I now feel more comfortable cutting smalti-I still can't get over how long this took to complete. Overall I am happy with the piece it was nice to know how to use the gray scale to choose color and to lay it out with that process in mind.
Plan for the week
Tuesday-Thursday-work on Hospital piece and try to get all the flowers completed.Friday-Saturday-Get ready for my daughter's graduation party (I still can't believe I will have one graduating!)
Sunday-day off
Monday-start on background. Still not sure what I am going to do yet. (and remember to blog)
Quote for the week
"Treat each day together as a gift and an adventure."
I love your new design for the hospital! It has been so much fun watching you grow as a mosaic artist! Kudos to you and you must be so proud of yourself! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThe design is wonderful and the way you are cutting and laying the glass is flowing and very pleasing to look at. The colors you chose evoke that wonderful sweet nature of children. What a great accomplishment to be chosen for another art piece. I think that's a milestone! I agree with Janine that you are blossoming as an artist!!!
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