It has occurred to me that doing this in installments may have set up an expectation. Like daily installments, lots of progress. But that’s not how mosaic works. It takes time. Lots of time. Its a slow process. So if you were expecting something that unfolds in fast forward [...]
Continue reading about The New Pique Assiette Mosaic Buddha Shrine - Part 2 (Creating in Real Time)
I thought it might be fun to work on a pique assiette mosaic and post the progress and the process from the beginning but in installments. Something to look forward to for some and something to keep me from procrastinating. Because I do procrastinate sometimes. Doesn’t everyone? Maybe procrastination is too [...]
Continue reading about The New Pique Assiette Mosaic Buddha Shrine, Part 1 (In the Creative Flow)
With this Pique Assiette mosaic shrine, the fruity patterns on the dishes created the main theme. As sometimes happens there was one dish that started the ball rolling. In this case it was the little plate with cherries.
Without a clear idea in mind, I started to set aside dishes I found with fruit [...]
This last weekend at the Glendale Arts and Music Show was the debut of my latest sculpture. I’ve worked on this piece for months on and off. It’s not at all like what I had originally planned. Originally it was supposed to be quite abstract and modern. But it seems to have [...]
I like to dabble in all sorts of things, like to shake up my thinking a bit. Feng Shui was one of those interests that I took up for a time and I even incorporated some of its ideas into my home here and there. For instance the far corner of the [...]
Meditation was something that I always wanted to do but never thought I could. I’d read about it and researched it a bit and decided it was not for me. Me, empty my mind? Don’t think so. Find 30 minutes to meditate more than once a day? Uh uh. [...]
