My Second Gallery Showing

I'm very proud to share with all of you that my work was accepted into the National Art/Media Teacher Appreciation Show this last April 2012 at the Art Institute of California at Los Angeles.  There were 13 teachers whose work was put on display and I was so honored to be a part of the show.  Thank you Mr. Z for turning me onto this exhibit in the first place.

I entered my mosaic ball that I call "The Long and Winding Road", and the Art Institiute build the most gorgeous display case for it to sit in.  This is what you saw when you walked thru the front doors, my ball  :) which took me a year to design and create.

I was absoletly thrilled with the display, and Jim got some really great pix.

Understructure of Mosaic Sphere

I often get asked if my mosaic ball is a solid mass of cement. So last week when Katherine was starting a new sphere class at the Muck, I shot the next few pix.

You start with a bouncy ball from the super market, the kind that you find in the big cages at the beginning of springtime. Then you spray the heck out of it with primer before applying the cement.


A close-up of the application of the cement slurry over top the patches of adhesive netting, over top the sprayed ball. Two coats of this process are necessary to built up a strong structure to be able to mosaic on top of . And after the cement is dry if it's too lumpy bumpy, you must smooth things out with a metal file (a real pain the the a__!) Makes a big mess too. But so much fun. Loved working with the cement, it was my very first time.

Update on my Mosaic Sphere

Almost done! I've only been working on it since September and I'll be the last one done from the class. Only a couple of more months to go :)

A crazy sideways view of the other side.