Cat on mesh, ready to leave for Florida

(This first picture is after the installation.)

 

Here is the little kitty cat, all done and ready to be mailed today.  I wish I could go to Florida too! 

See the previous post which describes how to mosaic onto mesh. 

I finished gluing the tiles last night, waited several hours, then s-l-o-w-l-y peeled the mosaic up and away from the plastic-covered cutting board.  It works best to peel at an angle; start at one corner and peel upward toward the opposite corner.  Then I laid it upside down for the night to make sure the glue dried thoroughly. 

Now I am ready to package and mail.  I have cut two pieces of heavy cardboard a little larger all the way around than the mosaic, and I will place him between the cardboard pieces and tape securely.  Then he goes into a flat rate mailing envelope and off to the post office.   



Our cat spends all her time on the work in progress

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Our little kitten, Tooti, loooves to lie upon the mosaic. She spends hours on it, shifting every so often to lie upon the hardwood floor with only her head on the blue river, then completely stretch out upon the mosaic.

I have completed four risers, drilled the holes in the stairs, and have started grouting. It was my husband's idea to complete four, install, and then work on the next four. That helps with the problem of storing these pieces; they take up a lot of room.

I bought 11 pounds of fabulous hand-poured stained glass from an eBay seller in Vancouver, Washington, and plan to incorporate much of it into the project. The glass is of various yummy earthy colors and textures. I am now off to nip more pale blue glass.