Nesting, Part Two

You have seen the "Nest" wall art a few posts ago, using this pattern of dishes.

I am working on the next in a "series" of the nesting theme. The fabric will be incorporated. Keep checking in for more details.

Playing In The Studio,

Penny

Mosaic Wine Table

The wine table I was working on for a client is finished! You can click on any picture to enlarge for detail.

I really enjoyed working on this because it was so different than mosaics I normally do. I plan on exploring different styles of mosaic art this year. You will find me.................

Playing In The Studio,

Penny

Project In Progress

Here is the "wine" table in progress. This has been a lot of fun and a challenge.

The challenge comes in because these plates are not vintage. They are new and about TWICE as thick as a vintage plate. They are very hard to cut. It takes a lot of strength. To cut the pieces accurately is my challenge...I am LOVING it!

Playing In The Studio,

Penny

Coming Up Next In The Studio

This is a commissioned piece that I have just started working on. A client of mine inherited this table and knew it had "good bones". It just needed a little something special and a place to call home.

It's home will be in their wine cellar. So the theme will be wine and grapes! Here are a couple of plates I am working with. The first is a vineyard style plate.


The plate below looks like hand painted grapes on a vintage canvas...

This one is going to be FUN to work on!

Playing In The Studio,

Penny

Winter White

Lately I have fallen in love with the Swedish and French whites, greys, creams and grey blues. There is something so calm about those colors.

Here is a mosaic heart made from different shades of vintage creamy white china. Some of the china has crazing on it, some is embossed. I also used some faded gold filigree as an accent. You can click on the pictures to enlarge to see the detail.


All of my mosaics are available for sale on my website.
Playing In The Studio,
Penny

Red and Blue Transferware Mosaic Birdhouse

I love transferware, and I know alot of you do too! So for something a little different than my normal mosaic birdhouses, I decided to use transferware on this one. I also used a grey grout, which makes the transferware really POP! The grey grout also makes the piece look like it has been around for years and developed a wonderful patina. Click on any picture to enlarge for detail.






The back has a sweet blue transferware china heart, cut from a vintage plate.

One of the sides has mirrored stained glass to mimic windows and red transferware shutters.

Peeping out of the hole is a sweet salt shaker china bird with beautiful flowers painted on her sides and beautiful vintage china flowers and leaves underneath her. The "perch" is a vintage sugar bowl lid.

Playing In The Studio,

Penny

Feather Your Nest

Here is one of the mosaic pieces I have been working on this past week. You can click on any picture to enlarge.

The brown transferware goes great with the bird plates center focal, because it has touches of aqua in the transferware.

So if you are feathering your nest and would be interested in purchasing this mosaic wall art, visit my website here.

Playing In The Studio,

Penny

A Little In Studio "Nesting"

I'm in a nesting mood....even in the studio. Here are a couple of projects I am working on.


Both are "nesting" themes.



Have a wonderful day in your nest!

Playing In The Studio,
Penny

Great Vintage Finds

This past weekend I went to a couple of great flea markets. I saw so many wonderful things! I fell in love with some vintage shoe molds. One of the new things I plan on doing at Lavender Hill Studio is to start carrying some great vintage pieces, along with my mosaic art.

These first ones are so unusual! I always see wooden ones, but these are a Bakelite material or a celluloid type. I am not sure what they are made of but they are adorable! They are small, children's shoe forms. They would look great in a shabby chic home.

Here is another vintage shoe mold, only this one is wood. What I loved about this one is that it has the word "chic" engraved on it! Now this is the perfect cottage "chic" item!

Here is one more...this one is very rustic and has great patina.

These make great artistic statements in your home. They look wonderful on book shelves, coffee tables or end tables. They would even work as really cool door stops. They are available at Lavender Hill Studio.

Playing In The Studio,

Penny