A Smashing Time

On Saturday I went with a friend to a Hope & Elvis workshop with Janine Nelson. It was a mosaic workshop and it involved smashing china, PVA glue and tweezers. It was a lot of fun and I think that I came away with a new skill. We made various items but as they had to be left for 24 hours for the glue to dry so they are not yet grouted. I still need to do this. To give you an idea of what I made, and how my items are progressing, there are some photos below.

Mosaic Mirror

Details of Mosaic around a Mirror

The mirror was made in the morning session and then in the afternoon we tried our hand at smaller items. This is where a set of tweezers came in handy as I did have a bit of an issue with too much glue!

Blue and white heart with a piece missing!

Teapot for the kitchen

Luggage label

I was especially pleased with the luggage label. The idea came to me immediately that I could use text from the stamps on the underside of the crockery to mosaic it with. Not a bad idea for a person who isn't artistic! Although the smaller items were more fiddly, I found them to be more satisfying to make.

All in all, it was a smashing day out and I am sure that I will be doing this at home in the near future.

Di x