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2023 in Mosaics

19 Friday Jan 2024

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In 2023, I didn’t go to the mosaic studio as much as I did in 2022.  Therefore, I didn’t make as many pieces as in 2022.  I also lacked inspiration and motivation. I am happy that I completed every piece and didn’t abandon them, just because it didn’t go as planned.

I promise, they all look much better in person.

Here is all I did.  Some I may have posted before.

I did this one for my sister when she became a US citizen. It is meant to be funny and not a real likeness.

I did this one for my sister when she became a US citizen. It is meant to be funny and not a real likeness.

A star, not as intended, but still a happy star

A star, not as intended, but still a happy star

Either a chicken or a rooster, but a very colorful and happy fowl

Either a chicken or a rooster, but a very colorful and happy fowl

Fashionable dog. This one was done at home, with whatever materials I had.

Fashionable dog. This one was done at home, with whatever materials I had. After this picture I grouted and then applied resin to it.

A peaceful flowery cow

A peaceful flowery cow

A mirror in various shades of blue

A mirror in various shades of blue

A mosaic vase made to look like stained glass

A mosaic vase made to look like stained glass

A cigar box turned into a jewelry box. My sister loved it so much, that I gave it to her.

A cigar box turned into a jewelry box. My sister loved it so much, that I gave it to her.

Another attempt of making a little dog.

Another attempt of making a little dog.

Tray or hanging fixture. I almost didn't post this, as it is not like I intended at all. But I am happy I finished it.

Tray or hanging fixture. I almost didn’t post this, as it is not like I intended at all. But I am happy I finished it.

I don't have a photo of this one finished, as it is in NY. It is missing the grout on this one. This one I made for Michael. The first couple of times we went to the beach here we go we got ice-creams from the truck that drives up and down the beach.

I don’t have a photo of this one finished, as it is in NY. It is missing the grout on this one. This one I made for Michael. The first couple of times we went to the beach here we go we got ice-creams from the truck that drives up and down the beach.

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ― Confucious

18 Friday Nov 2022

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Up to now I have worked mostly on flat surfaces.  I wanted to try something that had curves. I chose a beautiful golden vase that was almost too pretty to cover.  So I chose not to cover it completely. 

But now I am not sure if I should leave it this way or go back and cover the whole thing.  While I decide, I started a new project that I am excited about.  Well, I get excited about all my pieces. 

Wishing you all a blessed weekend!  May it be restful.  May it be fun!

 

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
― Mary Oliver

Broken plates or a flower? Your choice

28 Wednesday Sep 2022

Posted by in Daily Life, Daily Message, Finding Me

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While I am trying to find my voice, artistically speaking, I babble, I rumble, I mumble, I whisper loudly, I make things…

this time is a flower made of broken mugs and plates.  Something about being broken, damaged, imperfect and then being created into something new appeals to me.  That is one of the reasons I adore mosaics.

Aren’t we all just a little bit broken?  Sometimes I feel I am trying to hold myself together not to fall apart.  And I keep slipping through my fingers. The I that I think I was, the I that I think I should be.  The should is too restricting, too shortsighted. I don’t should anything.

Perhaps it is best to fall completely apart and set on rebuilding it.  Perhaps is best to let go, instead of holding on when things are barely together anyway.  Until we really let go of the old, the bad, the one thing or things, or people, that keep barely sustaining us, we cannot start the rebuilding.

Message to self: Break up, break out, break off, break away, just keep breaking… with all that is harming you, preventing your growth, just pacifying you… keep building, keep renewing, keep reinventing…

I will be posting soon about the past few dates I have had.  There is a lot, and it is all good, but it is also fragile.  So while I am advocating breaking, I am also concerned about the fragility of things… go figure… I make no sense.

“The storm is out there and every one of us must eventually face the storm. When the storm comes, pray that it will shake you to your roots and break you wide-open. Being broken open by the storm is your only hope. When you are broken open you get to discover for the first time what is inside you. Some people never get to see what is inside them; what beauty, what strength, what truth and love. They were never broken open by the storm. So, don’t run from your pain — run into your pain. Let life’s storm shatter you.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life