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Medicine Cabinet Mosaic: A Commission Moves to a New Home

Shower Curtain Mosaic by Margaret Almon
Shower Curtain Mosaic by Margaret Almon

 

A friend and client showed up with a shower curtain and her impressively heavy medicine cabinet mirror and asked me to mosaic the frame inspired by the colors in the curtain.  It was daunting at first, but a lot of fun to create.  Now, this client has moved to a new house, but she contracted with someone to make a new cabinet door, and is taking the mosaic one with her.  I am pleased that this commission gets to move with the rest of the family, and it’s now in my studio awaiting some small patches where the hinges were, and will move into a downstairs powder room in the new location.

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Log Cabin Quilt in Glass: Triptych Mosaic Commission for a 40th Birthday by Margaret Almon

Log Cabin Mosaic Triptych by Margaret Almon
Log Cabin Mosaic Triptych by Margaret Almon

 

Triptych for Michelle Panel 1 by Margaret Almon
Triptych for Michelle Panel 1 by Margaret Almon
Triptych for Michelle Panel 2 by Margaret Almon
Triptych for Michelle Panel 2 by Margaret Almon
Triptych for Michelle Panel 3
Triptych for Michelle Panel 3 by Margaret Almon

 

This project was a joy!  The client came to see my studio, to look for something in honor of her 40th birthday, and what caught her eye was a small panel, 8×8″ on my living room wall, which I’d made for myself.  Michelle commissioned me to make three panels, 12×12″, to go over her mantle.

Triptych in Process in Margaret Almon's Studio
Triptych in Process in Margaret Almon’s Studio

I started by making the middle panel, inspired by my own piece.  Then I worked on the two side panels in tandem, so I could visualize the whole pattern.  Each square is a different variation on Log Cabin or Square within a Square quilt patterns, and each has its own personality.   Michelle said her mother said they are like jewels.  I love that image!  I am honored that Michelle chose my work as a way to celebrate a special event in her life, and that I could bring vibrant color and sparkle into her living room.

Triptych Mosaic Panels for Michelle by Margaret Almon
Triptych Mosaic Panels for Michelle by Margaret Almon

 

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A to Z Challenge 2012: H is for Hippo and House Number

Stratoz has a gift for communicating the essence of an animal, and our latest house number commission had three totems meaningful to the clients:  a hippo, a butterfly and a feather.  The hippo was the disconcerting one!  We’d never looked closely at hippos before.  We thought “gray” but there are flashes of pink.  What are your totems?

The Hippo Project: Double House Number with Totems by Nutmeg Designs
The Hippo Project: Double House Number with Totems ©Nutmeg Designs, glass and gold smalti on WEDI board,18×24″

Over at Stratoz:  Shipping Animals

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Words Engraved in my Heart: The Goodness of Friends, Commissions, Art and Spirit

Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness
Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness. Glass Mosaic. Lettering by Wayne Stratz, mosaic background by Margaret Almon, and Border by Suzanne Halstead

 

Friends and clients Suzanne and Gary Halstead commissioned me and Stratoz to turn the  9 Fruits of the Spirit into mosaic signs.  In April, 2011, all four of us gathered in our basement to pick out sheets of glass, and talk colors.  Wayne Stratz designed the lettering, cut out the letters, ground the edges.  Margaret Almon created the backgrounds, and then we gave them to Suzanne, who created the borders, grouted, sealed and polished them as part of sweat equity.  Gary installed them for the October 1st, 2011 dedication, which started with a walk through the Halstead’s stone labyrinth in their backyard.  These words will always be present in my heart after working with them so intimately over the past months, and I am honored that Suzanne and Gary were moved to commission us.

 

The Fruit of the Spirit
Wayne Stratz, Margaret Almon, Suzanne and Gary Halstead and the 9 Fruits of the Spirit Commission

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