tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59686620324970155542024-02-19T18:14:27.282-08:00Joooles Design Mosaic AdventuresWelcome to my blog! I want to challenge myself to making a new mosaic every week, and I'll post my progress and results. Also I am redesigning my studio and will post pictures of whatever (if any) progress I make.
Thank you for visiting and come back again!Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-75528411538253168602015-03-20T16:24:00.005-07:002015-03-20T16:24:49.601-07:00Catching UpWell, it's been a very long time since I've posted anything, but it's been a busy season. Well, actually a busy six months. Here are some highlights. But first let me say that Blogger has changed a bit so I still don't have much control over images. I'm just going to post what I have to let you all know I'm still alive and having fun with glass art.<br />
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I was in a seasonal store here in Santa Barbara, The Crimson Holiday. We were open from November to January in a local mall. There were 36 local artists and only two artists per type of art. Two jewelry artists, two ceramic artists, etc. I was the only glass artist, and it was quite a lot of fun. I'm one of those who actually needs a goal in order to create so this was perfect for me. I would go in and see what sold and then go into the studio and make more! Ornaments were a super popular seller as well as mosaic Christmas items, plates and dishes, night lights and many other things. Almost anything with a dog or a cat on it sold! We do love our pets.<br />
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There...the images are some sort of decent order so I'll post this now and blog later about the other exciting things going on at Joooles Design. See you again...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the view looking in the front door. There is also<br />
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but since mosaics need small pieces,<br />
I often bring them out here to cut on the Beetle Bits system.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Paragon Caldera kiln on the left and the Paragon<br />
Trio on the right. I have a Paragon Fusion 16 on<br />
order! Since I only have juice enough for two<br />
kilns, I'll move the small one into another area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An iridized glass plate right out of the kiln this morning. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-4605010966542901722014-04-19T13:39:00.001-07:002014-04-19T13:39:52.724-07:002014 Magless ExchangeFor my mosaic friends, this probably won't be an interesting post but once again it details how inept I seem to be at times. And I have only been doing fused glass in earnest for a few months. There is a great difference between doing a mosaic and doing something in fused glass. With the mosaic, you see results right away. You can move pieces, change colors, add bling, etc. and you see right away how it looks. With fused glass you come up with what you think is a good idea and you think you've done everything right, but you don't get to see your results until the next morning. It's a much longer process and therefore it takes a longer timeframe in which to make all the mistakes. And mistakes I have made!!!! But this is part of the learning process so I'm enjoying it very much.<br />
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This is my first Magless venture. For those of you who have never heard of it, it is an exchange of fused glass pieces without the actual magnet attached. This keeps shipping costs down and, I imagine, saves us money because not everyone will like the magnet we make. So after the sign up is finished, we need to make a enough maglesses for everyone. I was the last person to sign up and my number was 48. And we were asked to make an extra to raffle off for charity, so I made 49 magless.<br />
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Previous years' participants had written many interesting and informative things about their processes, and I read all of their notes. Three thoughts were repeated many times:<br />
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START EARLY<br />
KEEP IT SIMPLE<br />
USE THIS EXERCISE TO DO SOMETHING YOU'VE WANTED TO TRY<br />
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So in February when the final count was in for this year's magless group, I started to work on them. I decided I wanted to use up scrap glass, and I wanted to try working with custom color decals. I have long been into photography and have hundreds of images of my cats and so I decided to make a magnet with a kitty picture. (Surprise!)<br />
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I tried a different sizes, colors and configurations and had varying degrees of success. I started with this idea:<br />
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Base layer in color<br />
Middle piece white or light color so the decals would show<br />
Top it with a clear glass piece<br />
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But there were problems. The clear glass slid off the top, bubbles emerged, glass shifted, pieces stuck together and many of the colors weren't pleasing me. I experimented with tack fuse and full fuses and had more problems. So I decided to leave the clear layer off and that worked much better.<br />
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But, even without the clear glass top, I still had trouble with top pieces sliding. So I did tests using six different glues; Zuper Glue, No Days Liquid, Elmer's gel, hair spray sprayed on, hair spray - used a wand and placed a dot of liquid on the glass, and Glastec. They all held the first time I tried it. Hallelujah! But that was just beginner's luck. In the next batch I must not have let all the glues dry, and some slide off again. Plus I still wasn't pleased with the colors and sizes.<br />
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I finally got the sliding under control. And I tried many different color combinations and finally came up with colors I was pretty happy with. I liked the look of the tack fuse so I began making 48 maglesses in this configuration.<br />
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On the decal issue, after reading a previous year's person's note about Micro-Mark fusing paper which would keep the color rather than just fusing into sepia I decided to try that approach. A package came with 10 sheets that I could print on my color laser printer so I could make some mistakes and still have sheets left.<br />
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First I had to create a printable sheet that had the right size pictures. So a made a sheet with 80 pictures about 1" each. And first I thought I'd just do Boots. But then I thought I should mix it up a bit so I made the same size sheet with several different pictures of my kitties. I printed them out on my laser printer using the decal paper. This worked but the images weren't very bright. They were much more colorful when just printed on some type of photo paper.<br />
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Meanwhile I made 50 fused glass "blanks", color in the back and some form of white/beige on the top. And I decided to go with the bright images. I cut out all the pictures and used Martha Stewart’s decoupage to attach the bright, colorful photos to the glass. This worked well. They are sealed and permanent with a nice gloss.<br />
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Then I signed them all on the back, put each one in a snack-sized plastic bag, attached a sticker, wrote my number 48 on the front and mailed them off to the magless coordinator, Jennifer! Thank you, Jennifer, for all your work on this project.<br />
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I learned so much making these pieces, and I look forward to doing it again next year!<br />
<br />Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-31650404724005611462014-03-13T10:40:00.000-07:002014-03-22T13:34:07.003-07:00OMG! Where have I been?I'm still here but it seems I'm too busy to update my blog. And so many things have happened since my last post. So I'll update in chronological order so I don't miss too much.<br />
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In November I attended a wonderful and wonderfully creative class taught by the master mosaicist Laurel Skye. The class was in the Los Angeles area, and the teaching was great but the venue was not very conducive to working. We were in a cluttered garage with too many people, and it was almost impossible to skirt the other artists and get to the table with supplies and things to buy for our creations. Of course, I elbowed my way through and bought some lovely lavender jeweled ribbons and tiles for my rug. Here we are with our mosaics at the end of the two-day class. I didn't quite finish but I have done so now. Below is the finished piece.<br />
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We used a technique I'd read about but never tried. We took mastic and colored it black. Then we used that as our adhesive and "grout" since it would be pretty hard to grout these pieces after they were finished.<br />
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Here is my piece on the first day. The hand was made in polymer clay in Laurie Mika's class in Santa Barbara. And you can see the beautiful purple and lavender ribbons that were for sale. Below is the finished piece. I think it turned out really well.<br />
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So I will stop for now but will go through my calendar and make sure I don't miss any of the great mosaic events that have happened.<br />
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See you all again very soon!<br />
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Last weekend I attended a wonderfully informative workshop at Tami Macala's Santa Barbara School of Mosaic Art. My friend Jennifer and I were the only participants, and we were taught the art of indirect mosaic from the renown mosaic artist, Betsy Gallery. Betsy had prepared a paper template for each of us of the goddess Tunit, or Tank as she was sometimes called. Betsy also explained the technique for scaling up a mosaic by transferring lines in small boxes to larger boxes.<br />
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We began by mixing up flour, salt and water into a paste which we cooked to create a glue. Then we traced Tunit onto brown paper and then went over the lines with red and black Sharpie markers. The idea was to have the design bleed through to the back of the paper. I was making a stepping stone and Jennifer made a wall hanging as she was here from Colorado and had to tote the finished mosaic home with her.<br />
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Betsy provided long strips of various colors of marble which we cut into smaller pieces. Then we began gluing the marble to the paper. It didn't seem like the glue was going to hold but magically it did. We spent the afternoon gluing the marble to our designs <br />
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Saturday morning we arrived and continued gluing marble to paper. When we finished a little after lunch, we put the mosaic on the paper into the sun to dry. Then we turned them over and, lo and behold, only two or three pieces fell off. So then we stirred up some thinset and carefully put down a layer on our substrates. Next, with another person to help, we inverted the mosaic and placed it marble-side down on the thinset. Then we took a board and mallet and pounded the mable into the thinset. Then we sprayed water on the paper and after a while it was relatively easy to remove. We did lodge a few pieces of marble loose but we just pushed them back into the thinset.<br />
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The next morning we returned and viewed our beautiful goddesses. Then we mixed up some charcoal grout and grouted our pieces. And they are beautiful! Here is mine warding off bad juju in front of my porch.<br />
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Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-37243395838304360572013-08-13T13:12:00.000-07:002013-08-13T13:12:20.057-07:00US Army Unit Crest: 65th Engineer Battalion - Motto: FIRST IN - LAST OUTHere is one of my recent mosaics. It was commissioned by a lovely woman in Hawaii whose husband is in the 65th Engineer Battalion. Someday I hope to have a picture of the major and the crest, but for now, it's just me in my working garb. Too bad I didn't keep my fingers off the letters. Which, by the way, were the hardest part of the mosaic to create.<br />
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I didn't realize that every unit in all branches of the armed services has a crest. And they all seem to have tiny little letters on them. This mosaic is 14" tall. I cut the squares and rectangles by hand and used my ring saw to create the rounded pieces, the knife and the letters.<br />
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Oh, and she requested the piece on a Friday and it had to be mailed by the next Friday so it could be presented in a ceremony the following week. Very exciting!<br />
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Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-81949957542816313612013-08-01T10:33:00.001-07:002013-08-01T10:33:02.453-07:00New MosaicsWell, my brother has been chiding me for not posting anything for over a month. The problem is I've been busy with commissions that have to be done by a certain time. So as Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman says on her blog, "Here's what's been happening on the ranch."<br />
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I finished a 24" teal mirror for a client.<br />
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Coastal Collections, a new and very classy store on State Street, is now displaying my mosaics. Here is a picture of the mosaic rocks and mushrooms.<br />
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I have another commision for a client in Hawaii. I don't want to say much about it yet as it's a surprise. I'll post pictures once it's been delivered.<br />
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I'm working on another house number for a friend. And I'm trying to finish up a mosaic to donate for my darling grand niece Miranda's upcoming Gala in Carlsbad. She is playing Liesl in Sound of Music, and the opening is next weekend. So that has to be finished by Friday so I can take it with me on the train.<br />
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There! That should placate my brother, and I promise to write more next week.<br />
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Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-38011983330446586292013-06-25T17:02:00.000-07:002013-07-02T13:53:50.533-07:00The Saga of "Sunrise at Sea"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I submitted my mosaic "Sunrise at Sea" to the Santa Barbara Artist Association's Semana Nautica juried art show at the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center in Santa Barbara, California. It was a long and stormy road to get it to the show today. I tell this story so others who may be afraid to jump in and begin working with mosaics will see that we all have horror stories to tell.<br />
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I have been working on this piece on and off for months. There are a lot of little pieces of glass which, in itself, is quite time consuming. After I finished the front, I started to glue beautiful French L' Opio red tiles to the edges. I had purchased some Lexel glue from back east, and I think it must have frozen during transit because it was a cloudy color. I didn't know what I know now, however, so I used it to attach the pieces to the edge. By the next day, they were all falling off. So then I cleaned all the glue from the tiles as they were too nice to throw away, and the next day I used another outdoor grout. Well, I couldn't believe it but the next day, the tiles all came off again!!! At that point I set the piece aside in disgust.<br />
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Then it sat some more and finally I got around to grouting it. But I knocked out a few pieces as I grouted so that meant gluing them back, waiting a day for them to take hold and then regrouting those areas.<br />
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So now you'd think I was home free, but more trouble loomed. And I probably shouldn't tell you about this because it will just make me look inept but that's how we all learn, isn't it?<br />
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So yesterday I started to put large d-rings on the back. I started drilling holes and the wood seemed super hard. I kept drilling and drilling and putting my considerable weight into it and still nothing was happening. I started considering going across the street to my dear neighbor Rodger's house and asking him to help me drill through the wood. At some point, however, I discovered I had the drill running backward. No wonder I couldn't get anywhere. But before that discovery I somehow managed to drill hard enough to drill through the glass in the front. I'm laughing as I'm writing this because you wonder, how could she be so stupid. Oh, it's easy. So then I had to re-glue the pieces that were pushed up and wait another day for the glue to dry and then re-gout. Then this morning, the day of the in-gathering, I was able to finish up the d-rings. Whew!<br />
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It was all worth it, however, because I won an Honorable Mention with a yellow ribbon. I was told the judge was really taken with my piece. There will be a reception on Thursday, July 11th from 5pm to 7pm. Please stop by if you're in the area.Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-12505849154112613662013-06-05T17:56:00.000-07:002013-06-05T17:56:55.294-07:00Etsy and "Sneak Attack" RememberingWhen I had just started selling cards with my photographs many years ago (see card pictures below), I had a wonderful boost from something called a Sneak Attack, orchestrated by Amanda of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CuteNCurlyBowtique?ref=teams_post" target="_blank">Cute N Curly Boutique </a><br />
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Within a few hours, I suddenly had at least 35 orders for the cards I made back then. Recently Amanda contacted me to ask about the effect the Sneak Attack had on me. Thank you again, Amanda, and here is a link to her post:<br />
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Now I've moved on to other endeavors. I guess I just love making things.<br />
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Here is a new tempered glass mosaic I made using a background of beautiful California Poppies. The grout has been painted gold, and the frame has a cottage chic look. Even though orange is not one of my favorite colors for the garden, I really like this piece. You can also see it on my Etsy shop along with a bunch of other mosaics and jewelry.<br />
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<br />Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-2700327768503273702013-06-03T16:17:00.000-07:002013-06-03T16:17:59.984-07:00Where Does the Time Go?Have I said that before? It's already June! I've taken down the mosaics from my show at Salon Patine. I sold eleven pieces and want to thank owner Rob Hofberg for allowing me to have a show at his shop.<br />
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So I've put some of my items in my store on Etsy. I have a tempered glass mirror that another friend almost bought but she hates the color pink. She liked the roses but wanted them in the color blue.<br />
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And I have another house number commission which is almost finished. It's glued and the wedi board and edges have been covered in thinset. I cut blue flowers out of English transferware plates to decorate, and it is done in blues and greens. I made the numbers large and white so they can be seen from a distance. I've noticed that sometimes house numbers are too hard to read from the street. Tomorrow I'll grout it in charcoal and then seal it the next day. I've already added special hanging hardware with posts through the wedi board. I think it will be a nice addition to someone's home.<br />
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<br />Here is the workshop at Camp Ocean Pines! The new concrete risers were just installed, and there is a channel in each riser. Our job was to install mosaic strips into those channels. In my previous blog, I showed how we made the strips at Passiflora Mosaics in Grover Beach, California. Now we've all gathered at the installation sight in Cambria. There were about 10 volunteers in addition to Fred and Donnell, our leaders and creators of these strips (see my previous blog). </div>
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At the front of the installation, Donnell created a beautiful design with tiles, stones and some pieces from (I think) a car that Fred used to own. It looked beautiful and very California! </div>
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After a great lunch prepared for us by the talented chef at Camp Ocean Pines, I had to leave. Our show at Salon Patine had to be taken down at 4pm, so I jetted home to get out of my dirty clothes and meet my friend Gary at the salon. </div>
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The taking down of the show certainly went faster than the putting up, thank goodness. At the end, I sold nine pieces and enjoyed the whole process. Thanks again to Rob Hofberg for allowing us to have a show at his shop.</div>
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<br />Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-20470762076996886452013-05-19T21:25:00.000-07:002013-05-19T21:25:20.612-07:00Creation of Mosaic at Passiflora Mosaics in Grover BeachIn April I drove to Grover Beach to join the volunteer group creating the first part of a 250 linear foot mosaic. There were 13 volunteers, and we finished almost everything in one day. The design was created by Donnell and Fred Paison, owners of Passiflora Mosaics in Grover Beach. Fred had already prepared the mesh strips, and our job was to glue the various materials to the mesh. Each strip was about three feet long. Heavy plastic was taped to the tables and then mesh was taped on top.<br />
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This is how the tables looked when we arrived. Fred and Donnell taped the mesh to the tables with marks to show the width the tiles had to be. If the tiles or plates or marbles didn't fit inside the lines, then they wouldn't fit in the channel that would be made at the final installation site at Camp Ocean Pines.<br />
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Once we were finished, we removed the mesh pieces from the plastic strips so they could be transported to Camp Ocean Pines in a couple weeks. It was a very enjoyable and satisfying endeavor.<br />
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Well, Gary and I hung our show at Salon Patine. It was a lot of work. They have half the hanging system. The top part is there, but you have to fashion your own hanging piece from fish line! And they have so many large walls that the pieces look tiny. That round mirror on the white wall is 20" across. Gary hung 10 beautiful fused glass plates. I hung 36 mosaics. And there is still room for more.<br />
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Next Sunday, April 21st, is our reception from 1-4 pm. If you're in the neighborhood, please stop by.<br />
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The plate on the right is Gary's "Iridized Zebra Stripes" at Salon Patine. It is stunning! And below is another piece of mine. I cut the rose center with my ring saw from a beautiful English plate. Some would cry "sacrilege" but the plate was purchased at a thrift store for less than $10. I had no choice but to buy it and incorporate it into a mosaic!<br />
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I'm going to stop now because I also have a Begonia meeting here on Sunday. So far we have 45 people attending, and I have work to do in the garden.<br />
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Today Gary Hunt and I are hanging our show at Salon Patine. Gary has beautiful fused glass plates, and I have, well, all kinds of stuff. Please stop by and see our art. And we're having a reception on April 21st, 1-4 pm. Stop by for some wine and cheese and convivial fun with other artists.<br />
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Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-75963100953811940292013-03-30T15:20:00.000-07:002013-03-30T15:21:47.232-07:00It's Almost April!Where did the month go? I haven't posted since the beginning of March, and many things have happened since then. But if I try to tell you about everything, I'll never finish this so I'll do one thing at a time.<br />
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Laurie is a wonderful teacher and artist. She has written a book entitled <i>Mixed Media Mosaics</i>. I read it over and over and learn something new every time. And by attending the class, I saw some of her techniques first hand and am amazed again. I just wish I could remember how to do them all.<br />
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In the class we all made triptyches (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">works of art divided into three sections)</span> using polymer clay. I am really in awe of the talent I saw around me. As I've said before, I need to actually look at something to give me an idea of what to do, but these women just got started and knocked out incredible pieces.<br />
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Well, once again I made a big mistake and had to find a way to cover it up. This frame is a cupboard door from my neighbors who own a kitchen design store. They give me the doors when the patterns are no longer for sale and I make them into mosaics. Now many of the doors have an inner raised area rather than just an inset where I can put the mosaic.<br />
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I loved the color on this one so I fiddled around and put Italian marble in the recessed area and thought it looked pretty good. I made some fused glass pieces in the shape of a wine glass and a wine bottle. I was liking it more and more! Then I filled in the rest of the background with an outdoor scene. I was quite pleased with my work!!<br />
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So I remembered some little stars I had and used one to cover the hole! I put a few more to make it believable. And I think it still looks pretty good.<br />
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Sometimes I think I have too many geegaws but then something like this happens and I'm glad I have them.<br />
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I've been working hard to create new mosaics for my upcoming show in April. And I finished one of the two cat mosaics a friend has commissioned of her cats. I struggle mightily with these cat portraits. This is Charlie with Biscotti giving it a final rub. My friend was very patient with me but once I finish her second cat, I think it will be the last cat mosaic I make. At least for other people. I like the ones I've done of my Orange Boy and Patches. But making a mosaic really look like a photo isn't easy for me. I'm happier with a blue Patches!<br />
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Well, it's about time I posted to my blog. It's been a very busy month of January and so far February! My show at the Good Cup Downtown is going well, and I invite you all to stop by for coffee. It's right next to the Fiesta theater, 918 State St.<br />
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I have applied for membership the Santa Barbara Studio Artists group, and one of the criteria was to send pictures of my studio. So I tidied it up a bit and took some pictures. I have a kiln now and, even though I'm a complete novice, I've been having fun testing and fusing. I bought the Paragon Caldera XL kiln which has three shelves that are 7" x 7" each. I've rounded some millefiori and fused some little bottles.<br />
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Picture and text placement is having its own way so I'm just going to leave everything as is. Over on the right is a wonderful rotating cabinet that I believe was made for CD cases. It is perfect for all my glass beads! Below are various views of the studio. I dare not move too much because then all the pictures will rearrange themselves so I'm going to post this for now and then tell you more about what's up in the next post. See you soon!<br />
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Here is the little kiln. I also plan to do some jewelry in it. Before I knew better, I tried firing some millefiori in a non-stainless steel bezel. That didn't work very well.<br />
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Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-6707408821063911752013-01-01T08:47:00.002-08:002013-01-15T07:39:48.327-08:00Happy New Year 2013Happy New Year! It's been a very busy month, and I've been neglecting my blog. My first resolution in 2013 is to update my blog more often! I have still been working on a mosaic a week and, in fact, have made many more than four in December.<br />
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But back to my mosaics...my show is going well at Good Cup Downtown. One of the mosaics I made this month was a Christmas tree which I loved. Someone else loved it too and bought it.<br />
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Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-91953259127614235562012-12-06T07:11:00.001-08:002012-12-06T07:11:51.685-08:00News - Good and Bad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedwri2RWZAIA_4glZIrF-XktS8hyphenhyphenS9VGRuufkPseFQthKEpGlMVo_wP6FBSgz5JERkQoHTHd03QgIeg_00QPLq8Smp20RWuE9AGtaDBeCl7ZIlka6j685LifrvvEqBleTcrwrp-O9C4o/s1600/Julie+at+Good+Cup+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedwri2RWZAIA_4glZIrF-XktS8hyphenhyphenS9VGRuufkPseFQthKEpGlMVo_wP6FBSgz5JERkQoHTHd03QgIeg_00QPLq8Smp20RWuE9AGtaDBeCl7ZIlka6j685LifrvvEqBleTcrwrp-O9C4o/s320/Julie+at+Good+Cup+1.jpg" width="320" /></a>The good news is that I hung my ongoing show at the Good Cup Downtown. For the month of December, I have both sides of the fireplace. In January another artist will use the space on the right side of the fireplace. The owners of the Good Cup on the mesa bought this coffee house in downtown Santa Barbara. It's located right next to the Fiesta Theater. It was a bit hard to have enough small items that would fit in the shelves but I think it looks pretty good and hopefully the mosaics will sell.<br />
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The first clue that it's in the wall is in late November or very early December -when this pretty mushroom-like bloom shows up between the seams of the wood. Then it's time to start removing wood to see how much the fungus has eaten. It feeds on wet wood (my fault, no doubt) and turns it to mush.<br />
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One good note about the studio is that I have it set up inside with all my tools and a large work table. I should have taken pictures before we started tearing out the walls but I'm sure Jim will once again fix it and I'll post new pictures.<br />
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Here is the cutest thing happening right now. The little black and white boys asleep together on the couch. And see all the mosaics hanging on the wall. There was supposed to be a Holiday Boutique last Saturday but we were rained out. I believe it will be rescheduled for this Saturday. So I have a few new items. There's a mirror below with stained glass and ball chain. I love the way ball chain can outline areas of glass.</div>
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On the left is a Christmas mirror with a cute kitty wooden ornament. I used Martha Stewart's glitter paints to brighten up the grout on the green glass and the red glass. </div>
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And on the right is a spiral using plates and optic drops to define the spiral.<br />
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The studio is just about ready for outdoor mosaicing in the winter. I have a nice oil-filled heater and my great handyman, Jim, installed the fluorescent light fixture over the work table. I'm moved a lot of my tools, saws, drills and cutting devices out there so now I just need to start working! I'll send a picture soon.<br />
<br />Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-48875332893471843712012-11-02T09:03:00.001-07:002012-11-02T09:03:43.312-07:00Grouting mishapsRobin grouts herself. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vzL4Fl8EKzDOvEjfMfN-uzLvg_K1zfWkWewSzFrxsCqxyR1BTxfIoXv-lsiWk2PYUpV1dwiE6Cvl1ngrMMwn_4owk52cZeQIf_JvLeqdqjH5i-xJ0GHKmeCGEMNGTCT9jCDEfpbGSRc/s640/blogger-image-1960965213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vzL4Fl8EKzDOvEjfMfN-uzLvg_K1zfWkWewSzFrxsCqxyR1BTxfIoXv-lsiWk2PYUpV1dwiE6Cvl1ngrMMwn_4owk52cZeQIf_JvLeqdqjH5i-xJ0GHKmeCGEMNGTCT9jCDEfpbGSRc/s640/blogger-image-1960965213.jpg" /></a></div>Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-23600117221709712202012-11-02T08:51:00.001-07:002012-11-02T08:51:11.069-07:00Skull finished!Very hard to grout. I think I'll stick to 2D mosaics. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfM2JuRbP1BaI85-G4IbxgEb58vrVcbAF2GjLq_rdIY5IbrT9eUf8cyaFMviVJhPWy3fRqLliHb9judm4reJUJxs2-4Eaoa1xnb3ecwA6vl1q9Yy8HQ7k5p7N9IVIgWv80IJ94uVAW1A/s640/blogger-image--1830845583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfM2JuRbP1BaI85-G4IbxgEb58vrVcbAF2GjLq_rdIY5IbrT9eUf8cyaFMviVJhPWy3fRqLliHb9judm4reJUJxs2-4Eaoa1xnb3ecwA6vl1q9Yy8HQ7k5p7N9IVIgWv80IJ94uVAW1A/s640/blogger-image--1830845583.jpg" /></a></div>Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-52223949471691842582012-10-31T06:56:00.001-07:002012-10-31T06:56:17.922-07:00Hacienda MosaicoI'm here in puerto Vallarta at laurel Skye's workshop on skulls. Fabulous!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LqUnQXB5_YDyrXOojjSJ65zINDoMLsr4DooEWyxiAciPp7SSsWXLVbk73icPlpws5038pSKCgK6i2EPt9M2SFIk8vQuDOaaxy2d22uLMyCj_qx5oJ144FaeSHtVrpS7GPYE6fyxlngA/s640/blogger-image-94331187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LqUnQXB5_YDyrXOojjSJ65zINDoMLsr4DooEWyxiAciPp7SSsWXLVbk73icPlpws5038pSKCgK6i2EPt9M2SFIk8vQuDOaaxy2d22uLMyCj_qx5oJ144FaeSHtVrpS7GPYE6fyxlngA/s640/blogger-image-94331187.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAakhYQ6103R-BlKKBtw2PGhCJz0wMsE1sTPopW322EpcjjjhyphenhyphenmUwRemYricsRrdlYrCMrcVEWEreC5Q4So6JAmxC8vVCKKQMk1Avp1GTKggcQWQ87WzuyDDSNjvQzfbG2jIF009nSSuQ/s640/blogger-image-1654433219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAakhYQ6103R-BlKKBtw2PGhCJz0wMsE1sTPopW322EpcjjjhyphenhyphenmUwRemYricsRrdlYrCMrcVEWEreC5Q4So6JAmxC8vVCKKQMk1Avp1GTKggcQWQ87WzuyDDSNjvQzfbG2jIF009nSSuQ/s640/blogger-image-1654433219.jpg" /></a></div>Joooleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621273937354064880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968662032497015554.post-18179457108938603822012-10-27T15:27:00.004-07:002012-10-27T15:27:49.669-07:00Kitties in the Window<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm working on a mosaic of two kitties sitting in a window looking out. I'm still not sure about the background and sky. Are there hills? Is it night or day? Should there be a sun instead of stars? I'm using Mexican smalti. I cut the two kitties out of a trivet with my ring saw. And I like the millefiori flowers in the grass.<br />
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We'll see what happens next!<br />
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