I Shall Now Moon You

I finished my moon mosaic! This one had a few more problems than the sun, but I have *ahem* learned from these mistakes (I hope). One problem I couldn't get around was my favorite tile no longer being manufactured. I had to start over with a new color and design. The tiles are all iridescent so it's hard to take a good picture, but here's the mosaic compared with the real thing.
It looks better from a distance, and if you squint.

Next up -- the earth. It will be difficult to come up with a design that is not too complex and busy, yet not too cartoony. We shall see.

Here Comes the Sun!

I have a grande planne to re-do my back patio which involves mosaics, circular brick patterns, and steppable ground cover. Today I finished my first mosaic, which is of the sun. Ta da!It's only the second mosaic I've ever done, and I'm very proud of it. It's 16" in diameter and about 25 lbs. Everything went as planned! Surely I will have to pay for that good karma with a flat tire or something in the near future.

Next I'm starting on a Moon, and then will, surprisingly, do an Earth. I toyed with doing the whole Solar System, but I decided that wasn't really realistic. Maybe some day ... Meanwhile, I have some cool iridescent greys and opaline whites to turn into a moon-saic!