http://reddishstudio.com/furniture/bathandbeyond01.htm
I saw this blogged at TreeHugger as an example of recycling a bathtub and instantly thought “This would look really cool if it was mosaicked!”.
Anyone up to it?!
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http://reddishstudio.com/furniture/bathandbeyond01.htm
I saw this blogged at TreeHugger as an example of recycling a bathtub and instantly thought “This would look really cool if it was mosaicked!”.
Anyone up to it?!
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“Le ciel, la mer, la terre”, Monte Carlo Grand Hotel, Monaco, 1979
Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian born in1906 who eventually moved to France, abandoning his medical studies for his true calling, art. In 1929 he began studies at Muhely, the centre of Bauhaus studies in Budapest.He then moved to France and worked as a graphic artist. Vacations at Belle-Isle influenced his art as he converted nature’s inspiration into abstract geometric forms.
In the 1950s kinetic art was flourishing and he published his views on”plastique cinetique” in his Manifeste Jaune. The 1960 and 70s brought with it a fascination with hexagonal shapes and cellular structures.
He died in 1997, one of the founders of op-art.
Free Stained Glass Patterns ::: Chantal’s Stained Glass Patterns:::
Check out the free templates available on this site. The freebies are in blue and its a huge and very broad list. The quality of the drawings is also impressive. Chantal has also been very generous in allowing individuals use her templates for projects but don’t forget to check the individual permissions of each one.
Permissions:
As long as you are an individual stained glass crafter making and selling your own crafts, you are free to use the free leaded glass patterns, or the stained glass patterns you have purchased online from this site, for making these stained glass projects.In accordance with the permissions granted on this site, many such crafters use the patterns or designs and sell their crafts on ebay, local shops or raise funds at charity auctions.You cannot, however, make copies of the free stain glass patterns or templates (or purchased) for distribution or for sale without permission. All restrictions also apply to the stained glass images. Do not post or distribute any of the stained glass patterns on other websites; rather, post a link to the appropriate web page on this site.
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Stencil art has become much more than just a fancy form of graffiti. It is now a very legitimate if somewhat rebellious form of street art thanks to the influence of artists such as Banksy.
This site has some great stencil templates which are a fantastic start for possible mosaics.
How about this one for the Steve Irwin Mosaic Tribute Project? 😉
And how about making your own stencils?
It can be done in a graphic program such as Photoshop but thankfully for people like me, it can also be done in programs like Microsoft Word :).
How?
Open the picture you want by Insert -> Picture and dropping it into the document.
Open Word and look for the Picture Toolbar under View. There’s a symbol that looks like gray and black and white bars on the left side of that bar which is the Image Control icon. Press this and convert your colour pic to black and white.
Next use the brightness buttons to adjust the image to what you want. Then save and voila! A basic stencil! owl-stencil.doc
This will come up as a very brief download of the above owl in black and white.
Yes, that means YOU! 😉
Many people around the world have really mourned the passing of Australian conservationist Steve Irwin. His passion for wildlife was absolutely undeniable and was something to be admired.
The good folks at the Mosaic Addicts Yahoo Group recently came up with the idea of a mosaic tribute project that hopefully will encourage people to contribute to Irwin’s wildlife causes. The basic premise is that people can make a mosaic of some form of wildlife on mesh, and send it to Sandy at OzMosaics in Queensland who will collect the contributions and create the final mural. Sandy is an amazing person and an equally amazing mosaicist, and I’m absolutely certain that she will create something incredibly dramatic and wonderful.
It’s an amazing opportunity to create something really interesting and fun for a fantastic cause and I really urge people to get involved and donate a mosaic. This project is definitely happening in every sense of the word.
You can follow the progress of the project at http://crikeymatemosaic.wordpress.com/. So bookmark the site. Check it out frequently. Leave comments. The blog, like the mural, is a work in progress and we need your input.
See ya there!
Papier Mache strikes me as being a potential construction medium especially for indoor 3D mosaics.
This site is a fantastic resource with great papier mache recipes and tutorials and interesting articles such as “Waterproofing Papier Mache” which has more than a little relevance to mosaics in its observation of the performance of different sealers in the outdoors.
There are lots of great ideas for projects and this penguin project caught my eye. Looks like something that would convert well to mosaic for the final steps. Something I could do with the kids…
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Spa box, originally uploaded by GeoWombats.
I have been trying to think of something I can mosaic onto the spa box casing and I think I have finally hit on something.
The Rainbow ancestor of Maori culture. Many years ago I saw the Te Maori Exhibition in Dunedin and there is something very special about the Uenuku carving that was present.
So I was thinking the Uenuku figure maybe with a rainbow in the background.
I googled Uenuku so see what kind of things were out there and came across this
which has some elements in common with what I was thinking although isn’t exactly the same. I’m wondering what to use for tesserae. This may be a good opportunity to use some of the stained glass I have which should be a bit lighter. And mosaic mesh probably isn’t a bad idea. I’ve drawn the basic cartoon out so far in pencil.
Something to ponder…
http://www.hannacroismosaics.com/demo_medusa.html
is a page at Hanna Crois Mosaics that shows a Medusa being created using the double reverse technique. The first stage involves using contact film and laying the tesserare down on this sticky service. This is of great interest to me as I am working on a mosaic fish and have used this first step. I still have to fill in a lot of the pieces between the details which is going to be an interesting process.
fish mosaic, originally uploaded by GeoWombats.
Here’s the picture I am basing this mosaic on:
Its a mola from Panama. For the white line I have used mirror cut into little squares. And I have based the colours on the ones used here. Trying to fill in with the black is proving to be the interesting bit.
I don’t know if I will use the cheesecloth method that is used here for Part II. It may be easier to use some form of PVA that reconstitutes with water with something else and see how that goes. Fibreglass mesh maybe. I have a whole heap of flywire which is essentially fibreglass mesh and this may be a good way to experiment with this.
A stepping stone/paver will probably be the substrate I will use as it is the best size and I’ll use thinset coloured black as my adhesive. The grout will be black as I want it to fade into the background.
Any advice gratefully received. If you can see any pitfalls I want to know about it now ;).
I've been dabbling with the idea of mosaicking a koru. Maybe not in these colours but using a multimedia kind of approach. It's very much only a thought in my head at the moment. But I also like the symbolism behind the koru:
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The koru shape is a scroll shape and is linked to the New Zealand fern plant. The shoot of the fern has a curled-over tip which unfurls and becomes a fernleaf.
The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new positive beginnings…
The koru, represents the unfolding of new life, that everything is reborn and continues. It represents renewal and hope for the future.
Spiral, geometry of life, sacred creation…"
Hairy embryo, originally uploaded by Tsjeu.
Fento, originally uploaded by Bryonia.
Koru: The inspiration of my new tat, originally uploaded by amitylane.
Spirals are already popular subjects for mosaics – I've posted a photo of a local one thats to be found in the local botanical gardens here in Darwin:
and here's another version of the same:
Spirals, originally uploaded by GeoWombats.
Now I just have to work out a way of doing it. At least its something that's easy to doodle in idle moments.
Yes, the ideas are outsprinting the skillbase and materials at present but you have to dream about these things.