Angler fish, candle holder, turtle

I'm in LA, visiting my brother without the fish mosaic I'm making for him. In a fit of productivity, I finished that mosaic, the small turtle I did as a sectile study, and the candle holder I started with Bella and Emily long ago. Grouting the candle holder and the turtle was easy. I used Custom's black cherry for both of them. The tiny vitreous glass tile on the candle holder seemed to be designed to go with the black cherry grout:



I used weldbond to adhere the tiny tiles, and a couple popped off. Not impressed with Weldbond for this application. Next time I'll try Lexel.

The turtle was entirely quick, fun and easy to make, something to keep in mind as I find my way in mosaics: I like fun and easy and no planning. I get a generous helping of well-planned, detailed, difficult, long-term in other areas of my life. Not sure I love the black cherry grout as much as I'd have liked something lighter to unify the background. I can see that every aspect of a mosaic has an effect - the color and pattern of the glass, the laying pattern, the width and direction of the grout lines.