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Puffin
May/June 2007 Polymer clay, liquid clay and tile grout. 8" x 8"
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Work in progress June 2
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The Cartoon
May 28 I found a couple of pictures on the net and munged them together, then made up patches of color using colors already existing in the background.
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Most of the Tesserae in Place
May 29/30 Almost done adding teensy- tiny tesserae, but my hands and eyes requested a break. I've decided to grout da bird in grey and the bg in brown. Yes, I'm using the same grout you would use on the tiles in your bathroom.
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Cured
May 31 All tesserae on and he (she?) has been cured. At this point, I'd guess about 6 hours have gone into the project. That includes puter time, mixing colors, making sheets and cutting tesserae, putting the pieces on and waiting with fingers crossed as it same out of the oven.
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Masked for Puffin
June 1 That's blue painter's tape around our puffin. It extends around his widdle body and the glass he was made on is taped to a 14" square ceramic tile. Going to look up how long the first grout needs to set before masking the bg and putting in the brown grout.
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What a Mess!
June 1 One grouted puffin at your service. |
Grouted Puffin
June 2 Unmasked |
It's Bleeding!
June 2 The places I was a little stingy with the tape bled a little. Easily picked out with a toothpick and judicious application of water. |
The Grout is Dry
June 2 One puffin, grouted and dry. Looks pretty good so far. |
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Background Grouted
June 3 Letting it dry awhile before I remove the tape I'm so skeered! It was quite a hassle tearing off and adhering the bits of tape for between the toes and tail feathers. |
Tape Removed
June 3 3:09 pm Waiting for him to dry. Removing the bits of tape between toes was a hassle, too. Toothpicks are a mosaic-er's best friend.
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Other Mosaics Coming soon: Lighthouse and bookmarkers |
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