Showing posts with label mosaic framed mirror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mosaic framed mirror. Show all posts

28 June 2011

Fishy Mirror Mosaic Project

Annie and Frank from Germany saw my fishy mirror on the pottery house's website and asked me to make them a similiar one in a specific size for their holiday cottage in Sedgefield., South Africa.
Annie and Frank's Fishy Mirror
It took me about a week to make it, but that was only working on it a few hours a day,
First I had to nag and nag my husband to cut the board with his angle grinder.

Then, once that was achieved, I used a rasp to tidy the edges and then sanded them off a bit.
Painted the Bonding liquid onto the Nutec board
Glued the mirror on to the board
Played around with composition of fish and glass nuggets


I used scrap mirror pieces also 3mm thick, which is easy to cut using the glass mosaic cutters.
and arranged the broken mirror around the fish mosaic inserts and glass drops.
Used the ready mixed white adhesive from Tylon to glue it all down
Finally once all was dry, it was ready for grouting.



Once the grout had started setting, I wiped off the excess, making sure to fill  holes in the edges and smooth down any messy bits on the back edge of the mosaic. Here is the mirror, just after grouting. It still needs to be carefully cleaned, grouting touched up if necessary. Then the back of the board must be painted, and  it will be complete.
 Not too easy to photograph a mirror as it reflects the colours in the room and the shy photographer.


25 January 2011

Mosaic inserts for mirror frames and picture mosaics

Mosaic inserts are ceramic shapes that can be used as focal points on mosaics and is quite an easy way for beginners to start mosaicing. .

Below is a picture of a  mosaic framed mirror I did for  a client in Hout Bay, Cape Town using the inserts. I sent them the mosaic frame on the board, and they installed it to site, including the mirror. It may be under cover but it is still outdoors- so it must be able to withstand rain splashes,  and temperature changes over the seasons. If you want to know how to mosaic like this (its very easy- just time consuming)- see posts on this topic elsewhere on this blog.
Fishy mosaic mirror for outdoor area

My happy customer reflected in the mirror




Here are some photos of just a few of our mosaic inserts we have available at the Pottery house. So if you are a mosaic artist, driving on the National Road between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay, you HAVE to stop by and visit our studio and showroom. If you are a bargain hunter- you will be in heaven. Scratch around in the seconds box for really, really inexpensive things. We are just off the N2, on the eastern side of Knysna. Turn into Bokmakierie St, and we are right there. You cant miss the mermaid waving at you. .

small butterfly mosaic insert

mosaic inserts for sale at pottery house



stripey fish mosaic inserts approx 15cm

cats and chameleon handpainted ceramic mosaic inserts

little piggies, mosaic inserts

funny angels, mosaic inserts. I have improved these since
tree of life mosaic 

Mosaic mirrors 

ceramic tiles and things we make at Knysna Pottery House

mosaic inserts, handmade with love

Entrance to Knysna Pottery House