And here it is all finished!
Some shapes are worked on separately from the main panel
and then we glue it in place.
Here our Bonny Butterfly will be resting amongst the large flowers
created by Greta McLain and tiled by Sarah.
Helen put beautiful red glass on the ruby throated humming bird.
A little more progress happened before she had to leave the Mosaic Studio.
As you can see, she is using some pretty small bits of tile
to represent the feathers, beak, head and throat.
She will finish it next time.
We just don't have any idea who this person is
as she works on her wave... do we Cori?!!!!
Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
Oh wait! Is she waving?
Hey - ya gotta love those tennis shoes.
We do have a lot of fun as we work together.
Betsy has created a long panel of rabbits, vegetation and local bugs.
I'll keep most of it a secret for now - maybe next week you'll see more.
And lucky us.
We got a donation from my friend Deb.
She went to the second hand stores
and found plates of various colors to be used in the mosaic.
It's difficult to to think of smashing such pretty plates....
..........but, oh heck.... give me a hammer.
And lucky us again. Betsy is designing a second panel.
She gave me choices; one with a barn, one with geese, and one more.
I chose this one with ants and mosquitoes, birch trees, sun flowers,
morning glory and cone flowers.
It just seems so Minnesotan to include the state "bird".
This one won't bite tho.
The panel below is for the outside of the concrete box at the top of the water trough.
I put in a dancing egret, some sand pipers (I think that's what they are),
the Minnesota state flower - the Cypripedium reginae....
........which is of course the Lady Slipper,
water lilies, evergreens and cat tails.
Probably will add a frog or two, dragon fly, and whatever else.
We had a good two days in the Mosaic Studio.
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