I’m moving along rather slowly but in a more relaxed way than I am used to. All the creative energy was up front in the design phase. Now, I just have to follow the design, trimming and shaping each piece of gold into the closest I can get to a square or squarish rectangle.
Theme and Variations 36” x 57”. Mosaic gold.
Even with the grid, keeping the lines straight requires constant attention. The variation in the sizes and exact shapes of the pieces makes it easy to get wavy lines, which I am having more trouble with vertically than horizontally. I wonder why that is? I’m not shooting for perfection here, but I do need it to be a grid. I’ve had to make a few corrections as I go, and as the lines develop in length enough for me to both go wavy and see that I’ve gone wavy. There will no doubt be needed corrections when I finish the main work and before I get into the finishing work.
initially thought that this mosaic would take me through the end of the year, and I believe that to still be the case. In fact, I may not actually complete the finishing work until into 2020. Slow and steady.