Elemental Swan

A mosaic that I will forever associate with my stubborness and refusal to quit. It got really hard to just sit down and finish this one, so it took far longer than it ought to have done. I'm not sure why this was the case - I've done more complicated mosaics. Yet again I'm glad I ignored the little voice in the back of my mind that would have had me quit. It is 9x18 inches, and is made from stained glass and vitreous glass tile on board.

Once more bulbs and screens arrive I'm going to try burning a gocco screen of this - I have a feeling it'll work pretty well, fingers crossed!

Gocco

A new toy arrived :) I've done a couple of screens now, and I have really enjoyed doing it. The first one was taken from an image of my Maneki Neko mosaic, and is cute, if a little messy. Not too bad for a first go.

The second print is better. I used my Reflecting on the Divine mosaic for that one, and I think it looks lovely. I am already out of screens for paper though, and have used up more than half of the provided black ink. Luckily I ordered some more a couple of days ago, in preparation. :)

I love the fact that the image has gone from being a photograph I took, to a mosaic I made, to a print I stamped.

Usagi Yojimbo (c) Stan Sakai

I got Usagi back from the framers today - I did this one as a test of technique, and because I love the character so much. Usagi is a creation of Stan Sakai, who has a comic book series packed with the adventures of the samurai rabbit :) I really recommend his work.

It was a tricky mosaic to do, in the end - a lot of careful consideration of the flow of tiles. The stained glass background was a real mess when it came to moving the whole thing - they kept falling off the mesh. What I might do next time is grout the main motif to the board, and then fill in the background directly onto the board.

The photograph isn't the best, as the camera died after I got a single shot - need to find that battery charger. The colours aren't quite right - ie the ears are two shades of white - bright white on the upright bits, off white for the floppy bits.

I am pleased with the end result :)