Catching the eye, delighting the soul.
Due to the kindness of family birthday gift certificates, Stratoz broke open a box of 150 Prismacolors, and also did an inventory of the ones he already had, in various states of stubbiness. The smallest ones, often consisting mostly of the color name and nothing more, will go to the school with him for student [...]
Today I am sharing blog space with Michelle Francl-Donnay. Michelle found Stratoz’s blog, because she too was going to Wernersville Jesuit Center for a silent retreat. I met Michelle in 2008, when she came to one of our craft shows. She wanted to meet us, and ended up smitten with my Spiral Mandala, and [...]
Finished mosaics after grouting. More Wordless Here.
Grout is the mysterious element of making mosaics. Grout can unite the pieces or make them stand apart. The word Grout may come from the Old English “gruta” meaning coarse meal, a kind of porridge. Grout fills in the spaces, as if a sustaining porridge, yet has no adhesive quality in and of itself. Grout obscures the [...]
Related: The Fruits of the Spirit:A Commission for a Wall of Mosaic Refreshing Roots and Bearing Fruit Over at Stratoz: The Fruits of the Spirit Emerge More Wordless Here.
When I wrote earlier about my Fruit of the Spirit Mobile that I painstakingly stitched from polyester double knit, my mother emailed this photo to me, as she has it hanging in her dining room. I had forgotten how pleased I was with the pineapple of Goodness, and the plaid on a diagonal for texture! [...]
In our partnership of marriage and craft, it is good that one of us has some geek talent, and that Stratoz puts it to such good use. Over Memorial Day weekend he took on iMovie and made 4 videos about our art, and created the Nutmeg Designs YouTube Channel. I admire Stratoz’s ability to learn [...]
I love it when someone challenges me to play with new colors! A customer, who used to live in Pennsylvania, but now lives in Florida, described how her PA colors seemed too dark for her light filled, spacious rooms in her new home. She is drawn to beach colors, aqua for the sea, sandy browns, [...]
New materials are gifts to my creative spirit, and Cosmos glass tiles have a universe of possibility. Said to made of 80% recycled black glass, with a metallic iridescence flashed onto the surface, looking like constellations of tiny stars. Even better, in my love of the imperfect, the seconds, broken or oddly, are called “Meteorites” [...]
Stratoz took a trip to visit a friend in Cleveland, and stopped at the Youghiogheny Glass Factory in Connellsville, PA, on his way back. He was greeted by this really cool parking lot of glass scraps! He bought several sheets to bring home, and we’ve been enjoying the rich variegated colors and the dimension and [...]
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