The "Almost a year" table..

I am very proud of being a friend to a great mosaic artist Aureleo Rosano. I’ve learned a lot about the tricks and techniques of mosaic art from his book ‘MOSAICS WITH ROSANO’. I think it is a must for each mosaic beginner.

I got an autographed copy of the book. Look how happy that made me:

Immediately after reading his book I got my design for the project ready.

Almost one year passes and the table is finally finished.

You wonder, ONE YEAR?! What took her soooo long?. Hmm, basically life and the circles…

Yes, creating glass circles really takes time, especially when you are a perfectionist, but the more fingers you grind 😉 the prouder you become when you look at the finished piece:

Actually, ALL the pieces of this table were ground, even the little, tiny ones, crazy me, I know! So that you can sweep your hand along the table and feel the smooth surface = not get cut by the sharp pieces of glass… 😉

You can see more tables here..

The GOG Rooster..

My favorite technique of mosaic is glass-on-glass mosaic “GOG”; which actually allows you to own two pieces of art depending on your mood. You can put it on your wall, as a picture, and enjoy all it’s beauty from your couch, or when you really need to color up your life you can put it in your window, as a stained glass piece, and get mesmerized by the dazzling shades of colored light shining through the glass.

The technical definition of "GOG": glass-on-glass mosaic is translucent stained glass adhered to clear glass with clear adhesive, so light shines through, achieving a similar effect to leaded glass, but allowing for more fluidity, spontaneity and detail.

It all started with my first rooster.

Not having any tools yet, I just arranged the scrap pieces of glass I bought from a local stained glass artist into a rooster and glued them to a pure piece of glass (from an old picture frame).

I thought it was the easiest thing for me to do. I put it on the internet and THEN I found out I did a "GOG" piece!

It turned out to be a very nice "GOG" rooster, making all the people that saw it very happy.

Since then I’ve learned a lot about the glass-on-glass technique and continue to learn and create more of “GOG” pieces with continued enjoyment.

You can see more “GOG” pieces here..