So in July, I was teaching mosaic class again and got an idea. There's a mosaic artist around here that I love who uses words in her mosaics. I decided to try doing some collage underneath mine instead and work with clear or clear-ish pieces of glass on top of them. Here's the first one I tried, with and without glass atop in the process.
I think it came out very mystical and mysterious. However, note for future reference: if you casually start placing pieces of glass while the paper's still drying, the glass will end up stuck there a bit prematurely! Ah well.
Here's a second experiment at this, using fabric scraps instead:
I grouted this one with two different kinds of grout my students had been trying out, what the heck. You can't really tell in the finished work.
And a third, back to paper again:
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