Earth, Wind and Fire - 3 Horse Head Mosaic

 I finished the 3 horse head mosaic.  My husband cut the board that I used.  After I finished the design, he helped me grout it.  I ended up using Almond - Non Sanded Grout.  After the grout was dried, I cleaned up the surface of the mosaic.  Sealed it with high gloss art varnish.  Then my husband hung it on the wall for me.  We did have to rearrange a few pictures to get it where I wanted it.

I think this is the best mosaic that I've done so far.

Raven Grouted

I finally got around to grouting this piece.

the nest is not grouted.  

see this post to find out about creating his nest:

raven-on-his-hoard-not-grouted

a multitude of found items went into the nest - along with some strands of beads and some large wooden beads, buttons and other tesserae

the tree limbs are broken tile that looks like wood

The raven is a variety of blank and gold beads

the tree leaves are different colors of green stained glass, faux pearl and glass beads, faux gems and a whole bunch of plastic silver leaves from some cheap jewelry from the $1 store

and a few pieces parts from bracelets, etc.s

Earth, Wind and Fire - 3 Horse Head Mosaic

This pattern was created by Toni Whitney and as done to be used to make a quilt.

I knew when I saw it that I had to buy it and use it for a mosaic.

I can't imagine doing this as a quilt.  Cutting all these pieces would give me nightmares.

Included in the pattern is one sheet with all 3 horse heads.

and sheets to do the horse heads individually

I enlarged the pattern on our copier.  I copied it into 6 sections.  I taped them together to make a single pattern.

My husband cut a board for me to put the mosaic on.

Then using carbon paper, I transferred the design to the board.