Mosaic Dragonfly

 

I wanted to make a mosaic dragonfly and I finally found someone pretty close to do so.

I wanted to do yellow, orange, brown and red, but unfortunately there wasn't any glittery gold left, so I went with green instead.

I used the tile cutters to cut my own shapes, which is a law unto itself, they pinged everywhere and you don't really have much control over the shapes created!!

Her (Caron) studio was full of all sorts of inspiration.

Glass works and 

Mosaics. The plate on the right is the colours I wanted to use.

I was sent home with a little grouting parcel and given a demo whilst I was there of how and what to do.

It turned out okay, but there are a few rooky gaps and it could have been a bit smoother.

And then I hung it in the trees.  But before it can go outside, I need to paint the back and give the whole thing a coat of varnish.

The Art of the Riff

 

    

Canada 2026 - Scrapbook Pages

 

Industrial Rust Erosion - Box

One of the boxes that I picked up whilst on my recent holiday. It's approx 6" x 4" x ".5" and has a clasp closing. 

Decorated the lid with parts from my old laptop and a piece of Meccano.

I then started to build up a composition using resin shapes.

And once I'd got the base layer down I started to build it up.

Gave all the resin pieces a coat of black gesso.

Added texture paste, rust powder, rust effect liquids and acrylic paints to create the rust effect.

Close up of the circuit board and spark plug.

And another one of the Meccano part at the side.

Triple Fusion 2 Workshops

Olga kicked us off with a bird house. Anna came over to make sure we were all okay, but we had the MDF queen on our table so Nanette sorted us all out. She brought MDF glue with her, she came prepared for all of us.

The whole room trying to put their mdf bird houses together.

We got the choice of blue or pink. I don't need to tell you what I chose!!

A quick hello from our table. 

The last thing we had to do was to splatter the birdhouse, but Caroline decided to splatter herself instead!!!

And this is my finished house complete with bling.

And the top, we only did one side of the roof.

The next class was Anna's. A four layered clock face.

At the front where she was explaining the next steps.

Building up the layers.

And then the finished piece.

Sunday morning and it was Nunu's turn.

This is what we got in our Nunu kit.

Demonstrating at the front of the hall.

And this is the finished piece. We used Lindy's powders and mica powders to create the pastel effect.

I didn’t get step-by-step photos of the last project since we were rushing through it and the whole thing was kind of forced.