Mosaic Monday / A late post

Ok so it is a little late in the day here. I had to post on the contest this a.m. and now as the evening is closing in around me I realize maybe I can still do a quick Mosaic Monday post. No doggy mosaics today however. I am going to share some of my own work in progress. The husband is at a writing class tonight so I am grouting some mini-mosaics of robots that I finished glassing in this weekend.

Grouting is such a messy process, but I love it. I wear purple gloves and still manage to get my right index finger solid black with grout.  Nasty, nasty, but I love to get dirty with art. 

I'll paint the edges of these 3 bots and then shoot them properly outside tomorrow. Sorry for the ugly flash shots.

 

 This romantic little fellow is my favorite from this grouping.  There is random text behind the glass and my favorite line is "robots must reproduce".  Yea, good luck with that.

Ok so what's next? Well .... for now more robots of course.

This roundish fellow has been laid out ... no gluing just yet ( the wood still has it's shrink wrap ). I will take his photograph into photoshop and create a digital collage with it and that will be the foundation or background for the piece. Then I will paint on top of that print and glue it to my board ... then comes the glass.  I love using the computer, paint, and traditional mosaic techniques in my work. I feel it sets my art apart from other work that is out there.

I have uploaded one little robot to Etsy this week and he is available for only $65. Click here to see my Tiny Warrior.  Some of my new mini-robots will be priced as low as $45 and some will top out at around $85 I think.  I am still working on pricing with these guys. In reality I think they will vary in price not according to size but according to my personal fondness for each piece. There you have it ... in my spare time I am making robots ... and falling in love with a few of them.  They are "cute" and sometimes cute is an ok word, but I don't have to tell you guys that .... your dog lovers after all.