This is a gift made for friends. They have a little dog named Pixie and she carries around a stuffed monkey that is twice her size. The mosaic was made with fused glass, vitreous glass tiles, stained glass, vintage rhinestones, pearl findings, and beads.
Yesterday I had a play day with several friends. I have accumulated many odd jewelry findings as I have collected my mosaic supplies and we decided that we would use some of these findings to create jewelry. As it turns out all we made were pendants but I think they would be great statement pieces with the right clothing. Besides, it was just great fun. Although I don't plan to pursue making jewelry, the techniques were interesting and I will probably use some of them in future projects.
This is a small piece that I made in Martin Cheeks class at SAMA. It was created using smalti (new material for me to use), glass fusions I created and some that I purchased from Martin, mille, vitreous glass tiles, and glass beads. It is a portrait of our Jack Russell terreir named Junebug. She is a constant companion for my husband so this piece was created for him. It was a fun project but I learned really quick that I don't enjoy cleaning grout out of smalti!!!
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