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There’s a night heron in the kitchen
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Butterfly in its natural habitat
I love butterfly season….
We completed this butterfly mosaic the other night. It has a 19 inch wingspan and is made from broken crockery, ceramic tiles, a wooden bead (on the noggin) and two plastic animals (can you find them?).
Smalti
The guy who imports all the smalti mosaic tiles is located not far from us, near Queensway and Royal York here in the west end of Toronto. I stopped in today and bought about 15 lbs of Italian smalti tiles. These are very expensive but… Read More
The Owl and the Butterfly
The owl used to hang where the giant butterfly now hangs at 27th Street. Today I hung the owl on the other side of the garage. That owl seemed huge when we made it, but the monarch makes it seem as if the owl should… Read More
Shell-bodied butterfly
We finished this new butterfly mosaic the other day…. It has a wingspan of about 19 inches. We made it with shells, broken crockery, ceramic tiles, smalti tiles, pennies, plastic flowers. You can see lots more mosaics at our Long Branch Mosaics page. We do… Read More
Giant monarch at 27th Street
Tuffy P created this new giant mosaic monarch butterfly for the front of our house. See lots more mosaics on our Long Branch Mosaics site.
It’s butterfly season in Long Branch
These two new butterflies each have a wingspan of about 19 inches. They’re made with broken crockery, ceramic and smalti tiles and various surprises. If you enjoy our mosaics, visit the Long Branch Mosaics page to see lots more. We do all kinds of custom… Read More
6-Penny Butterfly
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
Watch for the bear in the bushes
…as if we can’t see him hiding behind that peony
27th Street 