"Pixie - Where's your Monkey?" Pet Portrait

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.

Something Fun!

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.

Sunny Spring Afternoon

Our Favorite Oak

Another multi layered tree piece. I also used alcohol inks in the background of this piece. 

"Chasing Fireflys"

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!!!



  I thought that everyone might

 like to see what Junebug reaally looks like!  She is quite a ham!



24"x24" Oak Tree window

Glass shard Oak Tree.

Oak Meadow multi layer piece

This is a multilayer piece featuring seed bead Oak trees. 

Tribute to Texas remake

This is a remake of a recent piece with a few minor changes

"Sunset"

 Another 36" x 24" glass on glass mosaic window.  This piece will be shown at Artisans of Rocky Hill Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Garden Ornaments

 Here are four new garden ornaments that will be shown at Artisans in Fredericksburg, Texas.

                                                                                  

Oak Commission Window

This commission piece is very similar to a window that I recently completed.  When the customer came back to get it - it was gone.  I wanted to show these photos because it is sometimes difficult to explain the multiple layers on my pieces.  Here the mosaic border and some groupings of the leaves are on the front clear layer of glass.  The tree trunk and much of the leaves are actually on another clear layer of glass that is recessed about a third of an inch behind the front surface.  I loved how the tree cast such a distinct shadow!

Tribute to Texas

 This window is 24"x36" and is framed in redwood.  It will be shown at Atrisans in Fredericksburg, Texas.  The center circle represents the Texas flag, the upper circle features the Mockingbird which is our state bird, and the bottom circle is Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush wildflowers.  The corners feature "The Yellow Rose of Texas".

Suns and Cones

 This small window was designed to coordinate with the Bonnets, Brushes, and Blankets piece that I listed in an earlier post.  These are all native Texas Wildflowers.

Fantasy Fish

This whimsical window is 36" x 24".  The border contains many different types of vintage rhinestones as well as vintage brass pieces inserted between the glass tile border.

This detail photo shows some of the dimension in the rhinestone border as well as the reflection of light coming through the glass tile.

Bonnets, Brushes, & Blankets

Small Floral window - 16"x20" framed in redwood.  The image was created with marble tiles, glitter tiles, vitreous glass tiles, stained galss, agate slices, vintage rhinestones, crushed glass, and glass beads.

Detail photo which shows the effect of the textured clear glass in the background.

Glorious Texas with Roses

36"x24" framed in redwood.  This window is being shown at Artisans of Rocky Hill Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Afternoon Flyby

36"x24" framed in redwood.  Shown at Artisans of Rocky Hill Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Floral Delight

Another small floral window!

Commission Bathroom Window

Commission window that was installed in a shower enclosure.  This was a remodel project and the window needed privacy.  We framed the piece in aluminum like a shower door.  The bathroom tile work is terra cotta and natural colors so the client wanted mostly warm colors.  The afternoon sun hits this window so the effect will be a Hill County sunset!

"Looks Like it will be a Starry Night"

24 inches wide and 36 inches tall framed in redwood