Small Raven Tile Mosaic
I made several small, plain tiles so that I could experiment with wax resist and painterly techniques. I painted this using black underglaze. My tiles are hand pounded (and rolled) so the consistency...
View ArticleMosaic Terra Cotta Pot
I’ve had this terra cotta pot under my studio table for just about a year, waiting for the project I wanted to do with it. Finally, I decided that I needed a pot for some succulents, so now was the...
View ArticleTarot Mosaic
This is a mosaic I did last year with some tiles I’ve made over the years. Here’s a picture of it installed. All of these tiles are ones I’ve made myself.
View ArticleHeart Mirror Icon
I made this because I wanted to spend the afternoon doing art, and playing with polymer clay is a good one-day project. I have a book on making mosaics and mosaic tiles from polymer clay that I have...
View ArticleSpoon Rest With Key Impression
The sprig I’d originally intended for this spoon rest/soap dish/curved tile/sushi tray piece broke when I was removing it from the sprig mold, so instead, I used a key to make an impression in the wet...
View ArticleGreenman Shrine
I have a small coterie of good friends who are kind enough to give me editing or copyediting feedback on my novels. I try to give them some piece of art in exchange for their time. Three of my...
View ArticleCopper-Green Goldfish Mosaic
This is the shrine I referenced in the greenman shrine of a few weeks ago. It’s actually more of a mosaic than a shrine. I made most of the tiles during a marathon polymer-clay session last summer. I...
View ArticleHow to turn a “Ribba” frame into a “Ribba” shadowbox
Here’s a ribba shadowbox, which I bought from Ikea years ago and used to frame this small tile. Unfortunately, they discontinued this model. Here’s what they carry now. They’re very cheap frames. The...
View ArticleDay and Night Shrine
I had prepared two shrine blanks to work on, and wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with them, but I knew that one of them had to involve this color combination of blue+apricot yellow/orange. I...
View ArticleCopper Queen Shrine
I started out just making a lot of pieces for shrine boxes. Making these boxes is a technique I learned from a book called “Creating Personal Shrines” by Carol Owen. Basically, you paint both sides of...
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