Mosaics | Artisan Reflections http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/ en Fri, 18 May 2012 21:44:54 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox Pro 1.6.8 (19145) Arrival http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/arrival.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img src="http://www.artisanreflections.com/_Media/arrival-3.jpeg" alt="Arrival" width="128" height="113" /> </div> <div><p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">There are no words for where we are now.  We can only feel our way forward.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;" /> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">This gorgeous butterfly is created from various shades of warm and glowing orange, and deeply intense indigo seed beads, pearls of several different sizes and colors, from the veining in the butterfly's wings to the large accents, and abalone beads make up the antenna pieces.  </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">The background woodburning is a subtle vining of many leaves representing the support and nourishment of Nature in the final creation of beauty and grace taking flight.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">The entire piece front and back is polyurethaned for protection and subtle luster.  For the wall.</p> </p> </div> Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:38:29 -0700 http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/arrival.html Flowering of Humanity http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/flowering-of-humanity.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img src="http://www.artisanreflections.com/_Media/flowering_of_humanity-3.jpeg" alt="Flowering of Humanity" width="127" height="128" /> </div> <div><p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">If we are honest, we are coming to the realization that only we can do what needs to be done.  Our lives poised at the still point of change with the Door before us.  We are most definitely the ones we have been waiting for - as the Hopi prophecy states.  </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">So we come to the choice.  As the Light begins its climb into ascendancy, we are offered the opportunity to relinquish everything that has been, as with open hands we receive blessing of magnitude.  Our gift to ourselves.  Together this will be the unleashing of such creative potential as we have never known.  The flowering of humanity comes with the understanding that we are partners with the elements and Nature of this world that we are.  So the reflection becomes Truth.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">It was always to come to this.  All the heartache and learning was always to bring us to this point. </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">Now.</p> </p> </div> Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:13:50 -0700 http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/flowering-of-humanity.html The Dawning http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/the-dawning-2.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img src="http://www.artisanreflections.com/_Media/the_dawning-3.jpeg" alt="The Dawning" width="89" height="128" /> </div> <div><p> </p> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">As the purified rays of the Greater Central Sun dance their way into the DNA of all that is, </span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">there is no turning back.</span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Keys are activated, the field is enlivened.  And molecules of pure potential shimmer forth a call to arms.</span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">This battle is waged within.  An Armageddon of epic proportions.</span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The doorway to Freedom has opened, </span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">and the nature kingdom heralds this long-awaited arrival.</span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;" /> </span></font> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;" /> </span></font> </div> <font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> This stunning mosaic holds the splendor of a springtime morning, in full bloom.  The parrot is formed with various shades of green and lemon stained glass.  The tree is tigers eye with leaves of  malachite, and flower petals of abalone.  The grass is moss agate and jasper. And the radiant sun is citrine chunks mixed with jasper.  Truly stunning with a muted elegance and grace, this image does not do it justice.  </span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">2 ft. x 3 ft. For the wall. </span></font></div> <p> </p> </div> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:16:27 -0600 http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/the-dawning-2.html Feather Light http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/feather-light-2.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img src="http://www.artisanreflections.com/_Media/feather_light-3.jpeg" alt="Feather Light" width="89" height="128" /> </div> <div><p> </p> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">This piece reflects the power of the Peacock to step through the doorway of the Greater Self, in order to access higher luminous levels of Light, stepping it down through</span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">his vast array of feathers, and anchoring it into the earth.</span></font></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;" /> </span></font> </div> <font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> This incredible mosaic of a stained glass peacock, is framed in chocolate and caramel stained glass veined with moss agate and jasper. His majestic tail is highlighted with chrysocolla, copper and cream pearls, chunks of turquoise, and clear quartz  pieces.  Brilliant blue, streaked ochre and yellow and delicate pink stained glass form his body.           </span></font><div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">It is 2 ft. x 3 ft.   For the wall. </span></font><br /> <p> </p> </div> </div> Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:13:46 -0600 http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/feather-light-2.html Prior Work http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/prior-work/ <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img src="http://www.artisanreflections.com/_Media/turtle_wisdom-3.jpeg" alt="Prior Work" width="115" height="128" /> </div> <div><p /> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The wisdom that has been garnered is beyond imagining.  We have been, and done.....it all.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">And now as we step forth, embodying all of what we have become, the chains</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">that bind us can no longer hold.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The choice is ours.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">And we know it.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;" /> </span></font> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">This evocative piece is on 3/4&quot; thick wood, carefully sealed in a tensile coat of polyurethane, front and back.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Deep rich aqua/forest green stained glass is surrounded by semi-precious stonework of:</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">peridot, citrine, grey picture jasper, orange jade, opals, abalone, pearls of various sizes,</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">seashell accents, veins of plum glass seed beads, and shimmering glass orbs.</span></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">16&quot; wide x 18&quot; tall x 3/4&quot; thick.  For the wall.</span></font></p> <p /> </div> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:58:37 -0600 http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/prior-work/ Gemini-The Twins http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/gemini-the-twins.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img src="http://www.artisanreflections.com/_Media/gemini_the_twins.jpeg" alt="Gemini-The Twins" width="128" height="128" /> </div> <div><div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">This piece reflects the merging of the masculine and feminine energy into the complete being,</span></font></div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">able to withstand the infusion of it's higher elements, the unification with it's higher twin self compliment.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The element of water plays a key role in this level of completion and integration.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /> </span></font> </div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /> </span></font> </div> <font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> This delicate mosaic is of stained glass twin seahorses held suspended in a sea of blue tinted quartz chips.  Tigers eye, abalone, and pearls make up the stabilizing seaweed, and it is framed in a mixture of copper and cream pearls and jasper. </span></font><div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> 2 ft. in diameter, for the wall, or as a table top</span></font></div> </div> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:15:03 -0600 http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/gemini-the-twins.html The Immortals http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/the-immortals.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img src="http://www.artisanreflections.com/_Media/the_immortals.jpeg" alt="The Immortals" width="107" height="128" /> </div> <div><div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Tree of Life has achieved full activation within the DNA sequencing.  The time of the Immortals is upon us once again.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /> </span></font> </div> <div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /> </span></font> </div> <font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> This mosaic is of a stained glass peacock, gently cradled in the heart of the Tree of Life, which is tigers eye stone chips.  A profusion of peacock pearls, and copper pearls form his tail, and the tree itself is emblazoned by the many vibrantly translucent glass orbs surrounded by pearls.  The whole piece is framed in jasper.   </span></font><div><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">It is  2 ft x 3 ft for the wall. </span></font></div> </div> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:14:45 -0600 http://www.artisanreflections.com/mosaics/the-immortals.html