FISH FUN: ( see more about my fish at the bottom of the page )
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Something is very fishy here.:) The eye has a rainbow of depth, 3 cup handles become the spine. I love the color combination here with the salmony color and 2 "shades" of vintage china., trimmed in a not quite olive green 19" X 7 1/2 " $139.00 + shipping #016 "Gil" just swam into the school, a charming guy with 6 tea cup handles, a tea pot spout, earring eye, glass gem gil opening, vintage and more modern china on wood base painted with acrylic Straight sawtooth hanger on back.. 17 1/2 " X 7 1/2 $139.00 SOLD #018 "Fin " $119.00 15" X 6 1/2" # 021
This is a " Wild One" ! Hardly any of my pieces ever end up as i thought i planned initially. This crazy fish is the premier example.. I wasn't sure if i could use clay under the glass as it was raw. I figured out i had to bake it. I had already put the beads in the plywood so it's a wonderful mix of colors - edged in gold and the blue spine beads of are topped with gold leaf for some extra shimmer. Recycled ply-wood, glass beads, mirror, polymer clay , saftey glass, beach glass and a marble. 15" X 6 1/2"
#011 $sold "Dazzle" $129.00 19" by 7 1/2 "
"Scallop" $ 119.00 15" X 6 1/2" # 017
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"Born in the USA" 17 1/2 " by 7 1/2 "$119.00 023
"Fishtail" I just love how this one came together, Vintage china on a plywood base with glass fish beads in the tail, Bone beads in the fins and the eye,darker bone beads in the gill and spotted glass beads along the spine. A fun combination that just somehow works ! 15 1/2 " X 6 1/2" $99.00 SOLD #019
"Blue" 15" X 6 1/2" $110.00 #020
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This red eyed beauty is 16" X 6 1/2 " with a mix of new and vintage china, red glass gems on recycle wood - a straight sawtooth hanger on back. $ 99.00 #012 Tropical Raspberry 15" X 6 1/2" $99..00 #024
Tropical Turquoise just might be the sibling of Tropical Raspberry !
15 1/2 " X 6 1/2" $ 99.00 #025 |
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Baby Beauty is 10 3/4 " X 4 1/2 " It's got a small blue fish bead for the eye, a mirror spine for that extra shimmer, polka dot beads - apple green trim,...the perfect color combination for a little girl or boys room.
$49.00 + shipping #014 . "Bimini Beauty SOLD
"Go Fish" is a real beauty with miiror gills and fins she puts off a real sparkle. Note the eye detail: an african bead with metal spacer bead ( the space bead moves ) on top of a stone donut and circled by gorgeous small blue pearls. She boast a whole school of glass fish beads as well as new and vintage china. All carefully hand cut by me and mosaiced onto a nice thick peice of recycle plywood. Straight sawtooth hanger on back. SOLD
"Here's Looking at You " She's a beautiful 19" pique assiette fish on recycled plywood . Vintage china, glass gem beads, marble, seaglass and bits of mirror give her a beautiful look with a little shimmer. She goes with every decor . 19 "X 7 1/2" #013
SOLD " Catch of the Day" has an earring eye, bits of mirror chards, blue gems, green, orange and floral vintage china on recycled wood .Buff color grout gives it a soft and blended look. Sold |
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My mosaic fish are a really fun way to recycle. I scrounge pices of board and plywood from building sites, trace out my pattern, jigsaw out the design and prep the wood by sanding, filling, sanding agian and priming.
Then the imagination takes over and i use a variety of materials including but not limited to: Vintage and newer china, cup handles, earrings, beads, mirror, polymer clay, sea glass broken saftey glass, wire and really just about anything that strikes my fancy.
After grouting the mosaic , I clean it and usually give a light sanding again to the edges, paint the edges and back and add a hanger. The painted edges are also urethaned to protect the paint from chipping.
Because the base is wood I don't advise displaying out in the weather. On a covered porch they would be fine. I find them in my own home in the bathroom , the livingroom and the bedroom ! Wonderful home decor near or far from the shore. ~ Margaret
Then the imagination takes over and i use a variety of materials including but not limited to: Vintage and newer china, cup handles, earrings, beads, mirror, polymer clay, sea glass broken saftey glass, wire and really just about anything that strikes my fancy.
After grouting the mosaic , I clean it and usually give a light sanding again to the edges, paint the edges and back and add a hanger. The painted edges are also urethaned to protect the paint from chipping.
Because the base is wood I don't advise displaying out in the weather. On a covered porch they would be fine. I find them in my own home in the bathroom , the livingroom and the bedroom ! Wonderful home decor near or far from the shore. ~ Margaret
School of fish sold and in place at their new home.
Thank you Lynne !
