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.
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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
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
Butterfly in its natural habitat
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
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
Watch for the bear in the bushes
…as if we can’t see him hiding behind that peony
Long Branch Mosaics
I revamped the Long Branch Mosaics site today. Same content – I just changed the way it was organized and changed some text. It’s more of an all-over approach than the blog theme I was previously using. Tuffy P and I started making mosaics over… Read More
Butterflies
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
27th Street 