...and a few more

 This panel is under construction in this photo

BUT it's done now. So where's the finished pic? Dunno.

Oh Wait! Here it is:

Ooops!

Well, who can resist those three lovely faces?!!!

Hello Girls!

That's it for now folks. Hope you're enjoying the visual trip.
It always seems to be a good day in the Mosaic Lab.

Construction Zone

Below are photos of some work being done.

Julianne at work

Sharon's School:

Once again. Good days creating in the Mosaic Studio.

Three Fish Demo

We have designs for both risers of the stage area.
Each will have waves of water with fish, plant life and words.
Here's Sarah with plants and "Praise".

Below shows the steps of one of the panels. Three fish - one jumping out of the water, one heading back down and one halfway into the water with a splash.

I wasn't happy with the blue glass water splashes so they were picked off and replaced with mirror. Yay! It worked!

New Digs!

Our new "digs" are on the fourth floor - in the Skyroom.
We had a new configuration to work with and Helen figured it all out for us.

All the cool colors are in the shelving area at the top of the stairs,

and all the warm colors are in the shelving area next to the work table.

Nolan got our window to open so we would get some fresh air

and we have our "Boom Box" for our listening pleasure.

Our little cubby area is a nice place to work. Anyone is welcome to come and try their hand at mosaic for the Rain Garden.

Above are Helen and Sarah

It was a good day in the new Mosaic Studio.

We had to pack up and move

So, we had to pack up all the tiles, tools, glass, beads, mirror, first aid, glue, tables, chairs and cabinets because the carpenters were about to begin the renovation that would bring the offices to the first floor inside the entrance.

Some were small bits and pieces and some were large.

Here's Pastor Jay's office:

And here's Pastor Ingrid's office.

 It was a hard working day in the Mosaic Studio.

We're Baaaaaaaaaa-ack!

This time it's all about the risers on the curved stage.

and the "wings" at either end.

So, here we go again.

 

Helen (this year's lead) and I spent time outside

in the really cold, windy, icy, freezing weather

a couple of weeks ago

to make sure our step measurements were correct.

Ah, you thought this was all fun and games?

We froze our fingers and chased important info papers when the wind took them.

Once the measurements were proven,

they had to be drawn out onto the paper tablecloth.

It's really important to get them the exact size

or we're in trouble when we try to install them!

Below is the lower step of the curved stage.

It's on two tables, side-by-side.

 Helen N., Sarah G., Julianne R., Judy K and I spent the day

drawing out the patterns,

repurposing last years cardboard and

cleaning plastic coverings..

Our first three weeks of work also included drawing the designs.

We all had a little hand in this.

Looks like fun. Let's get started.

 Sarah is working on her first panel of the year.

Hers was first done and it turned out really nice.

Hard to tell in the picture but those round circles are mirror.

They are the splashes of water off the wave and they glimmer.

 A closer look:

So Sarah started another panel.

 Helen is working on some poppies for one of the "wings" of the stage. Looking lovely with their jagged fern-like leaves

Judy is a great addition to the team. She has picked up the art like a pro.

Pretty and dainty are her flowers.

Julianne designed and is working on two steps on the ends of the stage.

We learn so much from each other as we progress. Notice the lines of the leaves.

Just about perfection.

I'm trying my hand with some of the lettering in a wave. Not as easy as I thought!!

Also, auditioning whether or not to use the dark blue between some of the letters.

And then we have some lunch. Mmmmmmmmm.

It's been a really good start in the mosaic studio this month.