acraftylife.com » mosaics http://www.acraftylife.com Creating A Crafty Life Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:41:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bead Mosaic Fun http://www.acraftylife.com/bead-mosaic-fun.html http://www.acraftylife.com/bead-mosaic-fun.html#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:52:00 +0000 admin http://www.mixedmediabeading.com/?p=28 Do you ever just start making something in whichever medium you are drawn to at the moment and not have a clue what it will be or even a design idea? That seems to be my standard operating procedure lately and I don’t think it is too uncommon in creative people. There’s no particular [...]]]> Do you ever just start making something in whichever medium you are drawn to at the moment and not have a clue what it will be or even a design idea? That seems to be my standard operating procedure lately and I don’t think it is too uncommon in creative people. There’s no particular plan, but you have to get your hands moving. You know what I mean.

Here’s the piece from my last bead mosaic play time.  I like it, except for the one yellow glass triangle piece…what was I thinking?  I had polymer clayed the top of this little box years ago in a rough cane,  so rough in fact, that I’m not showing you the back.  Along the way, the box bottom was lost (moves, gotta love ‘em), so it became a base.  I just started gluing down beads that jumped out at me and pretty quickly this is what resulted.

Bead Mosaic

I hate getting my hands dirty and that is unavoidable with the glue application required for bead mosaics, especially for a klutz like me, but I do love the look of them.   The glue and grout mess is actually one of the reasons I don’t do regular mosaics much, despite being a huge fan of several artists: Sonia King, Laurel Skye and Laurel True .

So, back on topic, if you want to try bead mosaics and need supplies, Fire Mountain Gems has a great variety and awesome customer service.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.acraftylife.com/bead-mosaic-fun.html/feed 0 How to make a UTEE Tile http://www.acraftylife.com/how-to-make-a-utee-tile.html http://www.acraftylife.com/how-to-make-a-utee-tile.html#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:02:07 +0000 admin http://www.acraftylife.com/?p=96 To make those UTEE tiles I melted clear in the melting pot and poured it over some rubber stamp sheets, removed when still warm and trimmed some down with scissors.  Some I left just as they solidified.  Then, when cool, I embellished some with PearlEx powders or a transparent acrylics and then poured more [...]]]> To make those UTEE tiles I melted clear in the melting pot and poured it over some rubber stamp sheets, removed when still warm and trimmed some down with scissors.  Some I left just as they solidified.  Then, when cool, I embellished some with PearlEx powders or a transparent acrylics and then poured more UTEE over the color, one in a set of three.   That makes for a two-sided shine and tiles that can be used in many ways, from mosaics to pendants.  So many ideas and I want to make then all NOW, lol.

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