Flower Mosaic.....Again!

I want to just add this to my last blog.  The flower mosaic was greatly appreciated by the 89 year old grandmother of a friend of mine.  It is really difficult to know exactly what people want when they ask you to do a mosaic.  I knew a little about the lady I was doing it for.  Her age, her love of pinks and purple and her passion for her garden.  With this in mind, it developed into something that has been gratefully received and will be treasured for a long time.  This has made me very happy, that is all I can ask for!

Flower Mosaic Finished!

Sticking tessarae down with cement based adhesive

Grouting

Grouting....took absolutely ages because you have to sculpture the grout around the shapes....phew!

The finished mosaic.  The design had to change because when I came to sticking down, everything sort of moved.  I was a bit annoyed as I did prefer the original pattern.  I hope my friend's Nan likes it!

Cutting Out

Spent today cutting most of the tessarae out and seeing how the colours mixed and to give me some idea of how this is going to look.  I think I may cut small pieces of mirror and place them around the outside just to lift the whole arrangement away from the grey of the slate.  Notice that the shapes that I have cut out do not match the original drawing, I hope the white ink comes off!!!