I was commissioned to create a mosaic for a client. The goal of this particular mosaic was to evoke calmness upon viewing the work. I had some direction from the client: a suggestion of leaves was mentioned; the dimensions of the finished piece; and the mosaic was to go in an office that has mauve, rose and green tones. As I continue to create art I find I learn something about myself with each piece I make.
I begin to lay out the plan I prepared on my Wediboard. I put the letters down first. I anticipated that the letters were going to be difficult because I wanted to make all the cuts in the glass match up all the way across each letter. So, no surprise there. I added the leaves and vines, no problem. I get to the background and I’m thinking to myself – this should be done in no time. I was cutting, I was back-buttering my tile, I was laying them down, easy peasy! Now, imagine these sounds: a needle skipping across a record or a car slamming on its brakes, your pick.
Acck! What happened?
I wasn’t paying attention to the direction I was heading in and I didn’t make the background line turn in a very fluid motion, the cuts in the tiles indicate a stop and start motion, not calm at all. I have learned that it is helpful to take a picture of whatever I am working on and look at it on a computer. I can see the flow better on a computer screen than in reality. I start looking at the picture and I realize that instead of following my predetermined background line or andamento, I started following the line of the vine. UGH, it’s OK, right? I can leave it, right?
Sometimes, I have to learn a lesson more than once. See my list of “Things I will Always Do Again below. See the first one? If I question whether I like something or not I am doing in a mosaic, I really need to look at it and reassess because, if I have to ask the question, it means I don’t like it now and I won’t like it tomorrow. I might as well take care of it right now.
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That’s what I did. I ripped out all the “offensive” parts and started over.
CALM in progress, area ripped out
This was really hard to do the first time I committed to ripping out the parts of a mosaic I didn’t like. It’s getting easier to do. I don’t look at it as wasted time anymore and I don’t beat myself up about having to change something. It’s a choice. I have to remember missteps happen, it’s part of life to start over and try again. I think I will add that to my list.
“Calm” 19″ x10″
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