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Object: Bluebird Commission
Materials: Various Glass Tessarae with Pewter Grey Grout on a Terra Cotta dish
Dimensions: 17 " Diameter
Method: Direct
A commission for a birdbath with one single prerequisite: a stylized, non-realistic Bluebird. My client did not want to see anything until it was ready to fill with water and place in her yard. Complete carte blanche.
Close-ups & Process
Close-ups & Process
01 The start: both in sketches and testing size combinations for the rim.
Simple clean lined silhouettes were foremost on my mind; and the shapes kept getting simpler and simpler.
02 The most rotund bird wins the prize.
03 Detail
04 Birdie is completed, dry-fitting various tiles to find the perfect background colors
05 All tile mortarted down, edge taped off in preparation for grouting.
06 Completed.
07 Irridescent blues on the birdie as well as the border sparkle in the sunshine.
08 Bluebird at home.
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