Sea Glass and shell mosaic

I found this trivet at a garage sale

It was originally going to be used in a table wreath, but then I decided I didn't want to take up the counter space for it to sit on



Here it is with all the tesserae put on
There will be no grout
I painted the board with metallic glitter paint and sprinkled on extra silver glitter



After taking it outside for the above photo, I thought the trivet looked boring


I pulled out my collection of Vintaj Patina paints for metal

and added some color to the trivet


I like it better and it seems to blend with the other colors better


materials used on this project:
a metal trivet
seashells from my sister
half gem small and large marbles
glass pearls
sea glass and tumbled glass
several pieces of garage sale jewelry

Water and Sand #2

several colors of stained glass
gold back painted stained glass
pieces of mirror
shells
rocks
beads
glass pebbles
sandstone grout

Paint and Glitter, No grout mosaic - Shells/rocks/glass gems

approx. length 12 inches
height 8 inches




birch board painted with metallic and glitter paints
additional glitter sprinkled on wet paint
Shells
Rocks
1/2 gem glass marbles
glass faux pearls
mother of pearl pieces
sea glass
and a jewelry sea horse and a piece off of a bracelet

applied a coat of Minwax Polycrylic Protective Finish to it

Water and Sand #1

Not grouted



Grouted




several different kinds of stained glass
gold back painted glass
a few pieces of mirror
a couple of different kinds of small glass pebble rocks
various small beads
mother of pearl pieces

Underwater Mermaid/Fish and Turtle Mosaic

before grout and without mermaids and turtles


with grout - no mermaids or turtles



Finished - ready to hang







plastic mermaid doll covered in polymer clay


polymer clay turtles


another mermaid doll covered in polymer clay and a couple of more turtles


treasure chest found in a thrift store


Polymer clay lentil beads


small pottery pieces


a tiny garage sale urn
rocks from Brushy Creek
Shells from Florida


various colors of stained glass - sheets in blue and mixed with green
small glass aquarium gravel
the fish are garage sale finds - the small ones were from a bag of earrings
the larger fish had a shower hook in the back
a blue plastic squid from the package of one of the mermaid dolls
Polymer Clay lentil beads I made when I was on a lentil bead kick
white 1/2 globe white glass gems
small pottery pieces from a garage sale
rocks from our creek
larger colored glass blobs from Sister Sharon
Shells from Sister Sharon
glass pearl beads
small treasure chest from thrift store
rocks/beads/gemstones/jewelry/glass elephant/metal discs and a sword pin in the treasure chest
the top of a ring next to treasure chest
and a urn/vase from a garage sale
Polymer clay turtles I made from a two piece mold set
and the mermaids I covered in clay that were shown in another post

and a picture of my love bug Scooter inspecting the new mosaic

Diving Bell Mosaic

ungrouted


grouted and cleaned up

I used a large glass green coaster for the port hole
Several types of Copper and silver metal for the details and to define the areas and shapes
black stained glass, back painted gold textured glass  and turquoise stained glass
a few glass rock pebbles
several different buttons which are the star, the round ones on the bottom edge and the anchor buttons
and some rusty parts I found in the shed

it is grouted with Sandstone sanded grout

size is approx. 20 wide by 18 long


it is hung up in our master bathroom
over a Pour Painting that I recently learned how to do


and it is near my octopus mosaic

Octopus Mosaic

A fairly large piece.  To be used in the master bathroom.

Ungrouted









His body is gray stained glass
The eyes are 2 large acrylic gems
At the top of the tentacles are silver/gray acrylic pearl beads
The suckers on the tentacles are discs from the hanging room divider curtain
There are a few pieces of gray/black tiny small glass aquarium gravel scattered thru the tentacles

The water is several colors of stained glass
Also used aqua, blue and green pieces of aquarium gravel to fill in spots on the water.

The whole family - 3 seahorses

I finally got around to grouting Momma and Daddy.  I already had baby posted.

Neptune

My first mosaic, most people start with something small.  As you can see, I had to jump in full throttle and start with a huge project.

Neptune's body is made with plastic disks that were cut off one of those door curtains.  The kinds with beads, etc. that are strung and hung up in door ways.

His face is composed of seed beads.  His triton is gold beads.  Blue mix seed beads and aqua rocks suround him.

I also used several different colored glasses, included back painted and tumbled glass.  Rhinestones on his tail.  Glass gems and some beads.

Mermaid