Work continues on the grizzly bear mosaic. Tonight, I’ve been working on the face….
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The Bear – a start
We’ve started into the mosaic grizzly bear. Sometimes when we do these mosaics, we’ll both work at the same time. Other times, and this is the way we’ve been attacking the bear, we do alternating sessions – Tuffy P does a section, I do a… Read More
The Cat Door
Most of the mosaics we do are done as a team, but this one is Tuffy P’s baby, start to finish. The door is a perfect support for a mosaic!
Another new mosaic…
Tuffy P at work….while Memphis watches from the kitchen.
Goldfinch
The goldfinch mosaic is complete and ready for its new home.
Bird
We’re continuing to make progress on the bird and we hope to have it completed by the weekend. Here’s an old time tune called Little Birdie, performed by the South Carolina Broadcasters. If you ever have a chance to see this group perform live, don’t… Read More
Bird is the Word
Here’s a little progress report on the new bird mosaic… We started laying in the darkest and lightest values and the beak. Since this is a goldfinch, much of it is yellow, and the how we treat that is going to give this piece its… Read More
New Bird
We’re starting a new mosaic bird – a goldfinch. Today I cut out the shape and Tuffy P sealed the sides and back.
Spring garden clean-up
Tuffy P has been working on cleaning up the front gardens as the season’s new growth begins. In a few weeks, this photo will look very bare, but for now the garden looks fresh and clean and full of new growth. Tuffy has planted a… Read More
Not even flat surfaces are safe….
I was out in my little workshop working on a banjo and when I came in, this piece of furniture had been transformed….