i just finished up this little fun jellyfish! my 16 year-old son came up with the name... kind of a play on the chicken of the sea tuna label.

i just wanted to play a bit... i had this beautiful pyrite sun... which i bought from mosaic rocks! that i wanted to do something with. i used acid green, violet, copper, and gold 24kt mosaic gold to try to pull out some of the shimmery colors of the pyrite sun, and used smalti that i had on hand. the wedi board base was just a scrap that i had.

the background was freely done without drawing first... i wanted to play with the different shades of blue and aqua in a wavy pattern.

jacqueline iskander fine art mosaics 2008

there is a new mosaic networking site which i invite everyone to check out. please visit fine art mosaics. the site has a photo feature that is very easy to use... in fact everything about it is quite easy. there is also a handy slide show feature ... in 2 sizes... which is very easy to embed in your own website or whatever.

for those familiar with the yahoo group mao, you will find that fine art mosaics has a totally different feel. i am a member of mao and enjoy it... but the world is certainly big enough for more relating, sharing, and inspiration, don't you think?

so.. consider yourself invited!

the mosaic arts international 2008 winners have been announed! you can see the winning entries on the sama website. a very big CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners... the works are all wonderful and exciting!!!!

attaching hanging hardware, and/or canvas floater frames, to wedi board panels can be a bit tricky. lynn moor, at mosaicsmalti.com, sells hanging hardware washers for wedi panels, which are an option for hanging. she also recommends gluing canvas floater frames directly, and permanently, to the wedi panel to work around the fact that you cannot screw into the wedi board to attach the frame.

if you are looking for another way to attach hanging hardware, and/or a floater frame to your wedi panel, i will share with you what i have done. i don't like the idea of permanently attaching the floater frame, and i have not tried the washers yet. click on the thumbnails to see a different way, which involves epoxying wood supports to the back of the wedi panel, that you can then screw into to attach the frame and/or hanging hardware. i also epoxy the hanging hardware to the wood, in addition to screwing,

for larger pieces, i would probably use thicker wood, or back the entire panel with a thicker wood backing board.