Kaleidoscope mosaic/mosaique - 8 1/2 x 13 cm
Showing posts with label mosaics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mosaics. Show all posts
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Not too bad
Temperature wise, it is not too bad here. I know it is not the same story elsewhere: just grin and bear it because it will eventually go away. Took a nice walk here at -20C! We will have snow permanently for another 3 to 4 months; it is all in the way you perceive it!! OK,we are well equipped to deal with it.
Before the holidays, I was working on a mokume gane for book covers. I finished the books yesterday.
La température n'est pas très froide ici;(c'est relatif). Je sais que de l'autre côté de l'Étang il fait très froid et que vous n'êtes pas habitués. Une chose certaine: ça va partir... J'ai pris une belle marche ce matin à -20C!!
Avant les vacances j'ai fait des mokume ganés pour fabriquer des couvercles de livres. Je les ai terminés hier!
On my workspace there were a few lumps of clay; and what do I automatically do when I am confronted with different colours of clay?...I make blends and quite often I will cut them out and play around with them.
Sur ma table de travail il restait quelques boules de pâte aux couleurs diverses. Pis, qu'est-ce que je fais quand j'ai des boules de couleurs devant moi? Je fais des fondus et je fais des découpes sans même y penser.
This time I decided I could go a little further and I wanted to see what would happen if I made a mosaic out of this sheet which lended itself well to the project. This is the result which needs a little more finishing in the back to make it a tile that can be hanged (hung?) properly.
Cette fois-ci j'ai décidé d'aller un petit peu plus loin et de faire une mosaique avec la plaque qui, me semble-t-il, se prêterait bien à ce genre d'intervention. Il me reste la finition en arrière pour en faire une plaque qui s'acrochera au mur... peut-être.
I am also learning how to play with this new camera of mine. The learning curve is high!!!
Je m'amuse avec un nouvel appareil photo; il me reste beaucoup de choses à apprendre!!
Before the holidays, I was working on a mokume gane for book covers. I finished the books yesterday.
La température n'est pas très froide ici;(c'est relatif). Je sais que de l'autre côté de l'Étang il fait très froid et que vous n'êtes pas habitués. Une chose certaine: ça va partir... J'ai pris une belle marche ce matin à -20C!!
Avant les vacances j'ai fait des mokume ganés pour fabriquer des couvercles de livres. Je les ai terminés hier!
On my workspace there were a few lumps of clay; and what do I automatically do when I am confronted with different colours of clay?...I make blends and quite often I will cut them out and play around with them.
Sur ma table de travail il restait quelques boules de pâte aux couleurs diverses. Pis, qu'est-ce que je fais quand j'ai des boules de couleurs devant moi? Je fais des fondus et je fais des découpes sans même y penser.
This time I decided I could go a little further and I wanted to see what would happen if I made a mosaic out of this sheet which lended itself well to the project. This is the result which needs a little more finishing in the back to make it a tile that can be hanged (hung?) properly.
Cette fois-ci j'ai décidé d'aller un petit peu plus loin et de faire une mosaique avec la plaque qui, me semble-t-il, se prêterait bien à ce genre d'intervention. Il me reste la finition en arrière pour en faire une plaque qui s'acrochera au mur... peut-être.
I am also learning how to play with this new camera of mine. The learning curve is high!!!
Je m'amuse avec un nouvel appareil photo; il me reste beaucoup de choses à apprendre!!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The sound of snow
Have you ever listened to the snow? while walking on it (of course)! You can tell the temperature outside by the sound of your footsteps. This morning, the sound was crickle! That means it was very cold outside in the -25C range. When it crackles it is around - 20C and then it goes crunkle and for me, that means it is fairly warm weather...snow wise that is. Good skiing weather for sure.
Recently I began making teeny tiles with polymer clay and I am looking at (yet again) many possibilities; endless ones. Here is an example of what I do: the tiles are fairly small (one inch squares). I start by making a sheet, give it a general design and cut it up in little squares. I then take every little square and treat it like it was a single unit (i.e. a little painting). I then reassemble them and get this result.
This is the first one I made and assembled. If you click on the image you will see it close up. I'll post the other ones another day. I am still looking for ways to assemble the tiles. Hint: I love fiber arts.
Recently I began making teeny tiles with polymer clay and I am looking at (yet again) many possibilities; endless ones. Here is an example of what I do: the tiles are fairly small (one inch squares). I start by making a sheet, give it a general design and cut it up in little squares. I then take every little square and treat it like it was a single unit (i.e. a little painting). I then reassemble them and get this result.
This is the first one I made and assembled. If you click on the image you will see it close up. I'll post the other ones another day. I am still looking for ways to assemble the tiles. Hint: I love fiber arts.
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