5-day Ravenna technique class: chicken and rusty #2

I can't get enough of Michael Krizich's classes, and can't recommend him highly enough.  You've still got time to register for one.

 Here are 2 stone pieces I made while learning the Ravenna technique (hint:  it involves rabbit hide glue - steenky!)  All pieces were cut with the hammer and hardie.  The chicken is a reproduction of a Roman mosaic.   Rusty #2 is an abstract and is still in progress:

3-day class with Michael Kruzich: the eye and the round

In a fantastic 3-day class with Michael Kruzich (who teaches out of his studio!), came this smalti round gradient study:

...and this stone and smalti eye:

 

 All the pieces were cut with these tools.  The chisel in the log is called a hardie.  It had better be.

 

Rust Never Sleeps

Here's something I made for an invitational exhibition at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland:

It showed from early February 2012 through early April.

What i've been up to in the last year. And a half.

Kelley Knickerbocker, mosaic artist extraordinaire, designed and fabricated this window for my boat:

I got to assist, and I learned a lot. It's grouted in black now and looks fantastic.  Here it is on Kelley's site.  If you've got any kind of mosaic project in mind, give Kelley a call.