For the past several months I've been working on a commission for the garden of a private residence. In February I gave a talk to a local art group about my experience attending The 3rd Contemporary Mosaic Art Symposium in Sardinia Italy (subject for another post - long overdue). The following day I was contacted by a woman who had been at the talk, who commissioned me to create 2 mosaics for her beloved garden. She'd been introduced to a variety of materials during my talk, and as a result decided on Mexican Smalti, as her material of choice. OK by me!
I chose to use a lightweight, waterproof, substrate which comes in a variety of thicknesses. The Osprey was cut out of the 1 inch substrate which was latter attached to the 1/2 inch background substrate. I was thrilled to find that the 1/2 boards come in 4'x5' sheets, the size of the flower mural.
The Osprey flew off to his new garden home .... On to the flowers! I started by transferring a cartoon of my design to the substrate, and began the setting here....
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Janet Hayes
7/25/2019 12:12:30 pm
Hi Gila!
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Marleen
7/25/2019 05:36:54 pm
Love how you took all that yummy colour and mode a fabulose piece of inspire all.
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Gila
7/30/2019 05:53:40 pm
Thanks Julie!
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Joan Hudson
7/31/2019 03:10:54 pm
Breathtakingly beautiful. They will outshine their garden home!
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