Kasia Mosaics on Facebook

A couple years ago, I noticed that many artists were utilizing public facebook fan pages to share and to promote their work.  I decided to give it a go, not knowing what to expect.  In February 2011 I launched Kasia Mosaics on Facebook. To my surprise, my page has turned into something wonderful that keeps growing and evolving. Today I really enjoy keeping up with my page by posting photos of my projects, inspirations, travel photos and current work in progress photos as well as sharing other mosaic art I discover through other facebook pages I follow. Through my page, I've connected with wonderful people from all over the world, I've sold a lot of my artwork and have even connected with other artists!

You can visit my page here: Kasia Mosaics Thank You for stopping my blog - I hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into my creative journey!  

Tuff Guy Commission

Tuff Guy, stained glass mosaic, 16" x 11", 2013 ~SOLD

Above you can see my latest commission. A collage friend of mine commissioned me to create a portrait of her and her husband's Hahns Macow as a present for his birthday. The mosaic is inset in a black, floating frame.

On the left you can see my color concept sketch for the Tuff Guy mosaic.  On the right you can see the beginning stage of my mosaic in progress. The eye and the feathers around it were created with very small pieces of glass, which were impossible to move around with my stubby fingers so I maneuvered them with a thin razor blade.

On the left you can see me holding out of the stained glass flowers I've cut out for the jungle floor. Since Tuff Guy is a girl, I thought that she would like to be surrounded by flowers, I created four of these and fitted them around her tail. The flower petals are created with considerably larger pieces of glass - these larger shapes show of some of the color neat color transitions that often occur in stained glass.  On the right you can see that I've veered away from some of the original composition in my sketch. Sometimes the glass just takes over ... after I created the first set of flowers, it seemed that there should be more flowers than I originally imagined.

On the left you can see me spreading the charcoal grout into all the crevices and on the right you can see the grout setting after the first layer of film has been wiped away.

On the left you can see the grout starts to set and I begin to slowly wipe away the excess.  On the right I am wiping away another later of hazy grout as it keeps on drying.