Mosaic Glass-on-glass Dragonfly Christmas 2014

20"x26" including frame

Bee Mosaic (GOG)

Honey bee, glass-on-glass

Honey Bee, closeup

Protect the bees that pollinate our food

Bee GOG (Glass-on-Glass) Work in Progress

Thrift shop frame with nice non-glare glass; I discarded the print and mat and used GE Silicone II to permanently install the glass.  Size 16"x20".  Stained glass, jewelry (antenna) and glass marbles.  The glass for the wings is highly textured.  Using MAC glue.  I am loving this.  Will grout with two different grouts:  black for the body of the bee and pale brown for the rest.

Spring in Texas, 2012

Just finished two small wall hangings and a pitcher, all with a butterfly motif. Working on a butterfly/nature scene to donate to a suicide prevention center. I took this pic today of a mosaic totem I made in 2009 and bluebonnets.

I just got a cool old guitar

I am still working on the head, a little at a time. I nipped and tumbled two more barrels full of glass, all small pieces and with the points nipped off.



I am starting a new project to run concurrently with the head, an old 12 string guitar that has a few holes and cracks in it. The theme is going to be (loosely) a blues club from the twenties. I will use mostly blue stained glass along with some special tiles. I think the two ladies (nipped from a porcelain vase) look as if they are sitting in a club listening to the blues. It is intended to be a birthday gift for a special guy. MUST have it done by the end of June.

Working on this head a few bits at a time. I see that I must nip and tumble lots more glass. I plan to pop off some of the red-orange glass on the nose and also on the chin and replace it with random colors here and there. It's time-consuming since it's so rounded. I have received some puzzled looks from family over this one!

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You're not from around here, are you? Alien WIP

I found a life sized glass head at a garage sale!

I will mosaic this fabulous creature using translucent stained glass and display it on a base.

Glass Totem/Obelisk done!

Looking west:

Looking south:

Looking east:



(Click on each photo for a larger view.)

Glass Totem body grouted, another view

The sun just came out so I took another photo:

Glass Totem work in progress

Bottom half of the totem, and a closeup:


















Top half of the totem and a closeup:



















There are four pieces total: a base, the bottom half, top half, and a pointy finial. They will all be grouted as separate pieces (for ease of handling) and then all joined together (using GE Silicone II clear for windows/doors) and placed outdoors on a small concrete pad.