{"id":461,"date":"2010-06-16T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/2010\/one-life-six-images-a-tired-artist-and-a-question\/"},"modified":"2010-06-16T22:46:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T21:46:00","slug":"one-life-six-images-a-tired-artist-and-a-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/one-life-six-images-a-tired-artist-and-a-question\/","title":{"rendered":"One life, six images & a question…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One life. My client asked me to mosaic 6 images that represent the life of her husband, father to their two little boys.<\/div>\n
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Six images of his life – love, skills, social life, true friendship.<\/div>\n
Ask yourself…what will be the images of your life?<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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A large mosaic…1m 60 cm long, 65 cm wide… 3 months in the making…
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Some photos, taken in the workshop where the mosaic was installed yesterday. Poor picture quality, no natural light and yours truly was clambering up slabs of marble to get some<\/em> height. Hoping for better shots once the mosaic goes outdoors in its final resting place.<\/div>\n

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One very tired mosaic artist…a whole day of installation…cement and grout mixing (achy arms), fixing (lots of vigourous boshing and polishing) followed by a mosaic worshop with my lovely students until 10pm (with kiddie bedtime in between!). I clock that up as a 14 hour day…phew!<\/div>\n

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To come…a post on the whole process of making this mosaic using the reverse method on brown paper and the way it was pre-grouted, flipped and re-grouted…<\/div>\n
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In the meantime, a huge welcome to new followers (visible and invisible) to this blog…you are welcome, friends.<\/div>\n
What would be the 6 images of your life?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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