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Post by donk on Aug 6, 2016 10:36:58 GMT -5
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Post by donk on Aug 6, 2016 10:38:13 GMT -5
. ...finished product
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Post by donk on Aug 6, 2016 10:42:24 GMT -5
That's a Christine organite pyramid on the table My first project I ever did was make a bunch of wine racks for xmas presents....I had one my grandfather said he wouldn't hang so I decorated it and am giving to a friend...there's a learning curve on the grouting I will post the finished thing when I fix it
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Post by donk on Aug 6, 2016 10:45:16 GMT -5
I was pissed how the (wrong kind...who knew there's sanded and un sanded) grout turned out on it so I took my aggressions on another pallet, made this table for my bro: I ordered tiles online cuz they're expensive as hell at AC Moore and the big art stores, but I am still a slave to BIG TILE...if anyone has any online resources for cheap mosaic tile holler at me
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Post by donk on Aug 6, 2016 10:57:38 GMT -5
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Post by donk on Aug 7, 2016 8:43:59 GMT -5
Did a little brainstorming with my leftover tiles, waiting for the new ones to come. Definitely gonna stick a happy little tree in the block of green in tribute to Bob Ross, and my signature on all of my pieces will be a heart in the center...
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Post by donk on Aug 7, 2016 10:00:01 GMT -5
So I managed to salvage it, the grout looks a million times better...the"non-sanded" stuff is for other projects I guess, it looked like super loose dog shit before. I am super disappointed on how little color comes out in the lighter shades of the sea glass, I wanted it to look like a tree on the right but the light green is so weak and did not come out at all...and the mountain on the left looked SO much more purple. Live and learn...only dark colored sea glass if I want any color to it...hopefully the tiles I got coming are big...that's why I used the glass in the first place, the package had the biggest pieces, my stuff is pretty big to be gluing down 8 million tiny pieces...but I guess that's what it takes to make a colorful mosaic.
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Post by donk on Aug 14, 2016 8:47:36 GMT -5
What I got done talking to a good friend yesterday:
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Post by donk on Aug 14, 2016 8:50:29 GMT -5
And the rest of my progress for the day...finding this exercise extremely therapuetic, I like to make it "heart centered" (literally) and have at least on mirror.
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Post by donk on Aug 17, 2016 7:46:25 GMT -5
Finished tiling, now the part I haven't quite mastered yet: grouting it without fuckin it up:
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Post by Elen on Sept 3, 2016 5:20:31 GMT -5
Finished tiling, now the part I haven't quite mastered yet: grouting it without fuckin it up: Hello Donk, could not resist. Really nice artwork you've got going there. I can see that you're loving what you're doing. So do I.
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Post by donk on Sept 3, 2016 8:40:43 GMT -5
Aw, thanks,...here's how that one turned out (on camera), I'm definitely not happy...I crippled myself in the process of grouting it so that when I was cleaning it up I couldn't hardly move my arm and did a half ass job polishing, so it is very spotty, though it is not apparent in the photo,
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Post by donk on Sept 3, 2016 8:43:53 GMT -5
I got experimental on the one I did when my step daughter expressed appreciation, her artwork featured the American Sign Language "the bird", which I incorporated along with the "heart center" and mirrors for reflection...
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Post by donk on Nov 16, 2016 9:11:11 GMT -5
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Post by donk on Nov 16, 2016 9:17:11 GMT -5
This is a table I made for my shaman people that do ayahuaska ceremonies. Everyone is in a singe room on a sleeping mat to lay or sit down on, on the floor...and they have all kinds f sage and crystals and plants and pipes and crap they use that they keep on the floor (I think I remember correctly, maybe they already have a "legless" mini table...but it ain't as noticeable ) in between their mats. If they find this ceremony-worthy, hopefully they will like and use this when I give it to them in March when I see them: ....definitely got some inspiration for some of the parts from my time in Standing Rock
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