{"id":1842,"date":"2012-02-26T21:15:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T21:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2012-02-26T21:15:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T21:15:59","slug":"mosaic-butterflies-caterpillars-and-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/mosaic-butterflies-caterpillars-and-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosaic butterflies, caterpillars and bees!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, its about time I posted pics of the finished mosaic butterfly (now that we are all getting over our ikky sicky bug!)<\/p>\n

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Its about 50 x 40cm in case you are interested! Pretty, huh? I was very flattered that within minutes of posting a pic on my facebook page the other day, two people wanted to know how much it cost! This mosaic is a commission so its already spoken for but I am always happy to do commissions…<\/p>\n

And now to the work of my hands in the week just gone…a caterpillar, cocoon and eggs on a twig (insect life cycles being demonstrated in the school playground where they are to go). The whole thing is about 1.5m long.<\/p>\n

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Sketching onto external ply (takes ages to get it just right!).<\/p>\n

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After cutting the base in wedi board, it is cemented onto the wood. Importantly, I have embedded thin metal rods in the thin twig bits to give it strength as those tiles will be heavy.<\/p>\n

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Paper templates of all the stained glass pieces are made, then these are used to mark the outline on stained glass before cutting with a taurus ring saw.<\/p>\n

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About to start working on the branch and leaves – using glazed ceramic for these bits.<\/p>\n

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Getting ready to grout – using two colours – black for the caterpillar (the grout lines are thick so as to form part of the body) and grey for the rest – to which I added a squirt of ochre acrylic as mid grey grout is on the blue end of the spectrum.<\/p>\n

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And after a good clean and polish…ta da!<\/p>\n

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He is about 1.5 metres long. I still want to get a better pic of this, but really, until its on the wall in its final home it will be hard to photograph against a good background,\u00a0 as I need to be veeery<\/em> gentle with it due to the weight of the tiles on a base that is quite thin in places. I am so pleased with these two pieces. This coming week, a bee and a spiders web will be in creation! Here’s a sneek peek.<\/p>\n

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