Full Speed Ahead

There were seven artists working on Tuesday.

(a couple less on Wednesday)

In the back: Helen, Ann N. and Cori.

Front table: Kathleen and Sarah.

Betsy and I were working at the other end of the studio.

Kathleen's pumpkin patch is growing!!! This is part of Betsy's design.

 Here's a close-up.

Don't those stems look tough and sturdy like the real ones?!!!!

She used some of the broken pottery that Ann N. brought in.

Nice work, Kathleen.

 Cori flashed a smile by the work she's doing on the water and pond plants.

Here's a better look at her piece:

Ann N. discovered a clever way to make leaves for her detailed flora.

Can you find her invention?

Pretty cool and funky.

Design basic by Greta McLain. Details added by Ann

Charlotte Elizabeth is almost done. Design by Sharon.

I'm working on putting movement of air in the sky using the same color tile.

Might work! We'll see. It's subliminal.....

Just an aside:

Once in a while we find a tile that fits absolutely perfectly in a spot that needs tile.

This time it was the "forehead" of the egret connected to the turn to the beak.

I found a piece was cut just right!  A gift. See it?

When this happens, we announce it to the rest and everyone cheers! Yayyy.

Ahhhh. Minnesota birch trees.

Sarah is starting to choose out tiles to make her birch look like - well, birch.

It's looking pretty good already, Sarah.

This is part of the panels designed by Betsy. She is working on this one.

Ewwwwww! Big black ants!!!! Wonder if they bite?!!!

Probably picnic ants. Yeah. That's it. Picnic ants.

They're fabulous, Betsy.

 Sarah finished this end panel

with lovely backgrounds for her bee balm and fantasy flowers.

The butterfly is swooping around the pretty blue sky.

See the "swoop lines?"

It was a good two days in the Mosaic Studio.

We all took Thursday off.