Inspiration
Today, after checking the paper for garage sale ads and noticing so little out there, we have not gone out garage sailing. We’ve decided what is there is so far apart that it would waste gas, so it looks like last week was our last outing. And last week we went all over [...]
In Mosaic Inspiration #4 I talked about the intuitive process to create an overall random design on a flat surface like a mirror. And if you’ve looked at our stepping stones you’ll see that I use this method there as well. I admit, I like working this way, it’s meditative and challenging at [...]
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 [...]
Making a Pique Assiette mosaic can actually be a meditative pursuit. Pique Assiette Mosaics are a type of mosaic made with dishes and found objects. Part of the fun with this is wandering through my huge collection of dishes to find pattern and colors that work together. The time spent cutting pieces of dishes or [...]
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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. [...]
This next piece is another favourite in my series of mosaic shrines . The shrine is on the wall next to our bed and is the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see at night. I love the serenity of my Geisha ladies.
Floating away from the shrine [...]
Continue reading about #2 In the Pique Assiette Mosaic Inspiration Series - The Japanese Plate
Next week I’ll be starting mosaic classes for a few new students and I know that one of the questions everyone usually has is how to come up with an idea for a piece. So I’ve decided to do a series of blogs on inspiration.
Well, getting inspiration is really not all that hard. [...]
Continue reading about #1 in the Pique Assiette Mosaic Inspiration Series - Hawaii
The lilac is in bloom in all its glory. The breezes carry the perfume and you have these little moments of pure joy as you lift up your face to catch that wonderful scent.
I just had to take a photo of one of Bill’s found art sculptures with a background of lilac [...]
