Ep. 30 FINISHING THE TWO HEARTS MOSAIC COMMISSION, Starting textured tiles, Ribbon or Twine? Final touches on wood slice ornaments, opening a Christmas box!

Top priority is working on the commission. The lily gets some leaves and then the Sacred Heart is pieced. Next I finsh the flames above both hearts. Then the background starts to go in with a bit of Opus Vermiculatum around the subject and Opus Palladium (Crazy paving) behind that.
Next, I visit a friend's studio and made some textured tile clay inclusions to use in my mosaics. Step one is to roll it out, then add the texure and finally cut into pieces and smooth the edges. I also made a few houses!
Back in the studio, I'm at the very end of the crazy paving and I draw up how the pieces should be shaped for the final cuts so there is no guess work! The floater frame with black and gold has arrived, so I slip the commission in place to see how it looks.
Next I cut Wedi Board with a jigsaw into a 12"x24" substrate for a new project and sketch out a crane design.
I take a wet stone to the sharp edges on the wood slice ornaments and decide between ribbon or twine as a hanger!
I make a Home Depot run for sanded grout and end up buying a little container of grout for the background of the Two Hearts. Then I wire and sign the back, pack it up and ship it out!

BONUS: A box I keep on a top shelf in my studio comes down for the holidays!

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Ep. 31 BEADED DOG MOSAIC ORNAMENT, Starting some flowers, Finishing the Wood ornaments & the Crane. [ Ссылка ]

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