I visited Value Village yesterday – the mosaic artist’s best friend – shopping for raw materials for our next mosaic commission. When I saw the giant fire-engine red strawberry on the shelf waiting for me, I nearly jumped for joy. It has both amazing colour and great texture going for it. With the inventory of crockery and tiles we have on hand, I think we have plenty of material ready to go for the project.

Next step is to figure out the image and draw it up on the ground, which in this case will be Russian birch plywood. Once the image is drawn and cut to shape, the fun begins.