I have just finished the final large mosaic (15x24") for my children's book! It was one of the faster ones, which feels really good coming towards the end of the project. I have one more design to go, a half size mosaic (15x12") which I hope to finish this month and then I will move onto the changes. I have kept a list (quite long, actually) of what I want to change in my earlier mosaics. Most are pretty small, but there are a few that will take some time. I will post those later, as I complete them, to give an idea of what I'm doing. As an example, this brick house was a grey house (my house) in an earlier mosaic, but it works better as brick, so now I need to go back and change the earlier one to brick. I wanted the book to reflect as many personal things in my life as I could, but for the betterment of the book, my house won't be grey. There will also be some areas I change in the first three mosaics I made where I wasn't sure how to cut the glass for those areas and just went with what was easy, crazy paving. In the three years since I made those mosaics, I've grown and improved, so I'm going to take the crazy paving out and redo it nicer.
And....here's Raymi completed!
I've just started this last mosaic for my book, which is 12x15" and will be the last page of the book. I'm using a photo that was taken a few years back as reference. I love Raymi's pose with her outstretched toes! It will be fun to use some pretty flower millefiori for the blanket.
I have one more large mosaic to go, plus one or two small ones. Then I have some changes I want to make to all of the mosaics, which might take several weeks. And finally, putting them on boards and grouting them. I only need about three months to finish, I think. I'm currently working on another dog portrait, but once that is finished, I won't be taking any more commissions until the book is done. I'd like to get it to the printers by July or August of next year so it will be printed by Christmas. Stay tuned!
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