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Just Can’t Resist Playing with the Fall Colors
I started this blog with the idea of just doing a few photos of fall colors. Who can resist, right? But then, as I was getting the photos ready I just couldn’t help playing in Photoshop. I am hopeless...
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The New Pique Assiette Buddha Shrine Part 5 – The Inevitable But Strangely...
The Buddha Shrine is finally done. My little Buddha, rescued this summer from the back of a truck full of junk, now sits in splendor, cross legged, quietly contemplating the lotus flower I have...
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#8 in the Pique Assiette Mosaic Inspiration Series – Serendipity and The...
I just realized that I haven’t carried on with my “inspiration series” for a while and thought of this odd little mosaic to post about today. I call them “The Happy Trio” and they never fail to give...
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#9 in the Pique Assiette Mosaic Inspiration Series – A Rather Fishy Mosaic
Sometimes as you scan the shelves in a thrift store something just calls out to you, reels you in and you know you must have it. Ok I couldn’t resist alluding to fishing terms, but this little fish...
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A Study in Contrast or How I Created Two Very Different Mosaics from the Same...
A month ago, picking through all my bits of ocean tumbled pottery, I’d started a new pique assiette mosaic mirror. You would think that picking bits from the exact same basin of shards, I would come...
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Dragon Alley and the Shadow Portraits
The garage sale season is pretty well over so, for the last two weekends, we’ve been giving ourselves little gallery tours. Interesting things happen when you do this, especially if you are...
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Boxing Day Drifting
After all the fuss and rush of getting ready for Christmas what with the shopping for and wrapping of presents, baking and cooking all the goodies, putting up and decorating the tree, sending out the...
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My Over the Top Cats and Roses Mosaic
Actually, I created this mosaic a few years ago. Another one of those shrines that come together almost serendipitously. I had an idea of creating a mosaic with cats and to that end I’d been collecting...
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Low Tide and a Haul of Pottery Shards
Bill has gotten into the habit lately of taking long walks by the ocean and he noticed that the tide was getting unusually low. Which of course tripped off the idea that if the tide was low in...
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Earth Day Abundance – Recycled Art Supplies
Leading up to Earth day I’ve been signing petitions almost everyday. There’s one or two in my email everyday. I care about all the things I sign petitions for: like no oil tankers on my coast, no...
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The Beginning of My Spiral Series Mosaics
I think I’m one of those artists who flit about, like a butterfly or maybe a magpie, attracted to the next color or shape. I try things, I meander from one thing to the next. I get inspired by a...
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