Wednesday, May 18, 2011

New mosaic cats

I took a break from my book to create two mosaics. While in Austin, during the SAMA conference, one of my favorite mosaic artists, Martin Cheek, approached me and asked if I'd do a trade with him! Well, I've done so many mosaic trades over the past few years and had decided I wouldn't do any more for awhile because they take time away from my book, but could I pass this up? No way!

Martin wanted a cat so we decided on a cat trade. I already own a mosaic of a mouse by Martin, which I bought a few years ago, and I was more than happy to add to my Martin Cheek collection! I went on his web site to look at the many cat mosaics he had already made. When I saw Skinny Cat, I immediately knew that was the one I wanted! He shipped it to me while I got to work on his mosaic. Blue Cat, which is 8x10", was modeled after our family cat, Raymi, who has appeared in more of my mosaics than I can count! Check out Skinny Cat! I love those wild eyes!

Then he told me his daughter, Mollie, really liked my cat mosaics and would I be willing to do a trade with her as well. She makes adorable fused glass jewelry, mostly of animals, including cats, ha. So I said, absolutely!! She's going to make me either a turtle or a cat necklace. See how wonderful they are?! If you want to see more of her jewelry, follow this link. Spotted Kitten is the mosaic I made for her. It is 4x5".


As for the book, I am currently working on the design for Mosaic #9. I hope to get started cutting glass in the next week and will keep you posted with the progress!!

6 comments:

  1. Mollie's jewelry is so cute, and still has her dad's humour in it. Love the mosaics

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  2. I enjoy your blog immensely and I'm slowly reading through it from the beginning. Anything mosaic makes me happy and you show lovely ones and such a variety. I lived in Austin for awhile but wasn't mosaicking then--the SAMA workshops sound so exciting. OK, I better stop or I'll start hyperventilating! Thanks so much for sharing.
    best, nadia

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  3. Thanks everyone for reading my blog!

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  4. Cool mosaic cats. How do you get the continuous line for the whiskers?Anne

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  5. Thanks, Anne! For the whiskers, I used wire for the top cat and elastic line for the bottom cat. Thanks for visiting my blog!

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