Sheila is at the Mississauga Garden Festival today showcasing our mosaics. She brought a selection of small butterfly mosaics along, which she will be selling at a modest price. If you’re going to the festival stop by her table and say hi. We do all… Read More
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Long Branch Mosaics at Mississauga Garden Festival
On Sunday, Tuffy P will be at the Long Branch Mosaics table in the Marketplace Artists and Artisans zone at the Mississauga Garden Festival with a variety of butterfly mosaics. The festival is at Riverview Park Sunday 10-4. Stop by our table and meet Tuffy… Read More
Freedom Butterfly
This Smalti tile mosaic is a donation for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada June silent auction. You can see a selection of our mosaics at the Long Branch Mosaics page. We make all kinds of custom mosaics for home and garden. Some, like… Read More
Northern Flicker
Our first woodpecker mosaic – a Northern Flicker. It’s about a metre beak to tail. This piece is a donation for the upcoming Salah Bachir Show in support of St. Joseph’s Health Centre and will be available at the silent auction at that event. We… Read More
The Pollinator
Last year, we had so many bees in our garden. I really enjoyed watching them go from flower to flower. At some point in the fall, Tuffy P suggested a mosaic involving a flower and a bee for the front of our house would be… Read More
Mosaics Article
Naturalist Miles Hearn has generously featured our mosaics work in the “Friends of Miles” section of his excellent website. I’d appreciate it if you would take a moment and click on over for a look. Kindly show some love to Miles by clicking the “like”… Read More
The Paris Goldfinches
We just installed this little flock of goldfinches for a client in Paris Ontario. These were made with various materials, including broken crockery, erector set blocks and Smalti glass tiles. You can see many of our mosaic creations at the Long Branch Mosaics pages.
Yellow (a retail rant)
Regular visitors to this part of the blog swamp know that Tuffy P and I make custom mosaics. We’re working on a set of goldfinches made from broken crockery, tiles and what-have-you so today I dropped into our local Value Village in search of yellows.… Read More
Featherweight – in support of Camp Ooch
Camp Oochigeas is a privately funded, volunteer-based organization that provides kids with and affected by childhood cancer unique opportunities for growth through challenging, fun, enriching and magical experiences. This includes a camp in Muskoka as well as activities at their space at College and Bathurst… Read More
The Paris Cardinals
We recently installed these two male cardinals at a home in Paris Ontario. They’re hanging on a set of wires which are designed for roses and clematis to grow on. As the plants mature, they can grow around the mosaics. These cardinals are traditional mosaics… Read More