A Christmas Surprise

My friend, Nancy made this lovely painted mosaic rock in response to the cranberry coverlet I posted a few weeks ago.  I love it!

It has a subtle texture where the paint dots are slightly raised. She studied the whig rose pattern, got out some graph paper and managed to translate a flat 2D pattern onto the curved surface of a 3D rock.  That is no small feat!  She said it was a challenge, but made it work.  I'm so pleased!

This my new favorite paperweight in my office at work.

Thank you, Nancy, for the thoughtful and practical gift.  I'm glad my arts-and-craft explorations are influencing your art.  That is the highest compliment!

Happy Holidays, My Friend!

Day 84 : Make a Mosaic

Kim's assignment this week was to make a mosaic, or collage.  I chose some pictures from our trip to Alaska last summer.  In Fairbanks, we took the very well-done Riverboat Discovery Tour.  One stop on the tour was The Chena Indian Village.   There were so many things to photograph there, I decided to focus on the buckskinner aspects of the Village for this assignment.

Each image is on it's own layer which allows you to rotate

Background Texture : Kim Klassen's Paper and Paste
Brushes : Bear Tracks from Obsidian Dawn's SS_Animal Tracks
Brushes : Cottonwood Leaf from Shady Medusa's Foliage 01
Font : Clive Barker

It took me a while to find the perfect brush for the cottonwood leaf.  I remember smelling the Balsam Cottonwoods in Fairbanks.   It was the time of year their fragrant resin was running.  That is one of my favorite smells on this beautiful Earth!