I have started piecing the tiles to fill in around the main design. This takes time and patience as you want to get them as close together as possible and there are lots of curves to go around.
I found some fun bright yellow dishes with a royal blue pattern and I thought it would be the perfect thing to go with this mosaic. I used them in the fan design at the lower left side. They are rather thick dishes and would be too much of a variance in height for many of the tiles, but it works when you have the gems butted up against them.
The photo above is upside down so I could work on filling in the top. I decided to glue what I have down and let my husband get the half plate embedded on the bottom (for a shelf). He will need to cut out the area I have sketched in and set the rough edge of the plate down inside the wood. He will then fill in any areas with wood glue and let dry overnight.
Next my husband will sand down the glue so that it's flush with the mosaic front and back.
After that I can finish it up and see what my customer thinks before I grout. At this point I can still change things around a bit. Hopefully this will be good to go.
The dish tiles on the bottom of this photo are very similar in color but have a completely different design. One has light blue polka dots against a darker blue and one has light blue swirlys against a darker blue background. It keeps the continuity and flow but creates more interest.
I'll show you the little "shelf" once it's dry and sanded.
Until Next Time. :)
