I received an email from my brother in which he mentioned that bear sightings in Ontario are up quite a bit this year, suggesting they are becoming common enough that many people don’t bother to call them in anymore. What timing. We were in Paris… Read More
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The Marshall Butterfly
The Marshall Butterfly has emerged. See a full selection of our custom mosaic work on the website.
3 bird mosaics find a beautiful Etobicoke garden
We’re thrilled to see 3 of our oversized bird mosaics have nested in a beautiful Etobicoke garden. You can see lots more of our mosaic work at the Long Branch Mosaics site.
Supporting the Pelee Island Observatory
We donated 2 bird mosaics for a silent auction at the Bird Ball, in support of the Pelee Island Observatory. We’re very pleased to help out!
Goldfinch
Here is the latest from Long Branch Mosaics. This goldfinch is about 44″ wide and 23″ at its tallest. It’s made with Italian glass “Smalti” tiles on a plywood ground and this work is grouted. Normally we grout our Smalti works but we don’t grout… Read More
Bird is the Word
We recently finished this scarlet tanager mosaic and now we’re working on a giant goldfinch. This was made with smalti glass tiles on a plywood ground. Beak to tail this mosaic is about 40 inches long. We tackle all sorts and sizes of mosaic projects.… Read More
The Snowy
We live in an area with a remarkable amount of bird-life, which is why you can often see bird-watching enthusiasts out in one of our local parks, sporting fancy cameras, tripods and 3-foot long lenses. Early one morning I was out in the park with… Read More
Scarlet Tanager – final stages
I just grouted this scarlet tanager mosaic and it’s almost done. We still have to do a final polish, clean up the edges and install hardware on the back. This work was done with Italian Smalti glass tesserae on a wood ground. We do… Read More
Chickadee
Here’s a new mosaic – a boreal chickadee, made from Italian smalti glass tiles, grouted, on a wood ground. Many more of our mosaics can be seen at the Long Branch Mosaic site.
Butterfly Migration
Tuffy P just made 2 new butterfly mosaics…. Broken crockery, tiles, poker chips. See lots more at our mosaics site.