Here’s a small butterfly Tuffy P made as a gift… Some of our butterfly mosaics (for instance The Brain Project) depict actual butterfly species. Others like this one are improvisational and imaginary. We do custom mosaics for gardens or interiors. We’ll even make mosaics using… Read More
…as if we can’t see him hiding behind that peony
This martin house is a new addition to the back garden. It is unlikely to attract purple martins, which require housing at least 60 feet from a building or tree, elevated 12 to 18 feet high. Armed with this knowledge, I resized the holes… Read More
The Paris Bear is our latest large-scale mosaic project. This grizzly bear mosaic, which we recently installed at a beautiful home in Paris Ontario, is about 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It’s made with a combination of materials including broken crockery and smalti… Read More
Rise and Shine with the gang on 27th Street
Tuffy P posting tonight -thanks to all who came out on Saturday for the Long Branch By the Lake Garden Tour. We have many photos posted on the garden tour website. Our Gardeners appreciated the time and work that our families and Volunteers provided in… Read More
I posted some pics of the recent butterfly mosaics over at the mosaics site. We’ve been doing some smaller butterflies lately to decorate our garden. Here’s an idea: you broke that special teapot that’s been in the family for generations….but even all the kings horses… Read More
I put on a episode of Columbo (guest-starring William Shatner as a murderer-talk radio host), and got to work on a small butterfly mosaic this morning. This one features two plastic hands, some grey smalti tile and broken crockery. Columbo is great for mosaic-making. I… Read More
I always associate spring with robins, so it’s fitting we have completed the Long Branch Robin mosaic just as spring has begun. To see some detail shots, visit our Long Branch Mosaics site. The robin is made from broken crockery, beads, buttons, stones and more.… Read More
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