I wrote last week about how I have been in quite a creative slump, but that I was determined to finish a little, fun piece that I started at the end of last year. Well, I am out of determination. It just was not working for me. Have you ever just lost interest in a project? Silly question, right? I really hate to add another unfinished mosaic to my list but it, at least, has company.
I’m going to mosaic a pair of bottles, also started back in November before I lost interest in them. I now understand that my lack of interest was not only mosaic oriented, but more of a general malaise that spilled over into my creative drive, resulting in an existential foray into questions about life and purpose. My mind just loves that kind of stuff, and that is for both good and ill, I believe.
Time to move on! Here is a pair of interestingly-shaped tequila bottles. I don’t remember the brand. My husband brought home one bottle a few years ago. I thought the shape just called out for a mate, so I found another one. I drew the pattern on last November and then proceeded to abandon them on a work table for all these months.
I’ll be using Orsoni #10 gold for the lines, and an off-white marble for the rest (at least I think I have decided on an off-white marble). I have not decided on the andamento for the marble yet, whether I want it to be the same throughout—like vertical—or whether I will do something contrasting between the sections that will be created by the lines of gold. I’ll start with the gold and then decide. The shape of the bottles does present some challenge no matter what I decide for the marble.
So, to work!