Thaden Mosaics


ORGANIC & recycled ELEMENTS



From Curves to Containment



17.5" x 12"





I completed this small triptych during the summer months of the pandemic. Upper left is "The Curves" and below that is "The Virus." On the right, "Containment" came first, when our healthy and active adult son was sick for three weeks. With 100+ fevers and other painful symptoms, we know firsthand how life-threatening this virus is. Very thankfully, he is strong and well again.


Materials: smalti, pebbles, ceramics, coral and tiny plastic people



ORIGINS



8” x 8”
Millefiori, smalti, stained glass, pebbles, ceramic



JUBILATION



12" x 10"

Smalti, millefiori, raku, mortar



GENESIS 4th DAY



15" x 15"

Assorted found objects, glass, hardware and pebbles



OFFERED UP



18” x 12”
Wood, ceramic, pyrite, agate, shell casings, twigs, assorted stone, fossil, rusted and found metal, rope, beads​



BUILDING PEACE



15" x 15"

Ceramic, millefiori, beads, porcelain



ERODING



18" x 24"

Wood, ceramic, assorted metal, stone, glass, agate, smalti, mortar and cheesecloth



understory



19” x 22”
Italian smalti, millefiori, slag glass, gold smalti, Litovi mosaic stone, hand-dyed silk



BREAKING THE TIES THAT BIND



16" x 16"

Smalti, rusted metal, ceramic, millefiori, assorted wood and glass beads



RISING



8" x 17"

Gold smalti, assorted smalti, millefiori, tempered glass, mortar and cheesecloth on hand-formed substrate



fragile earth



12" x 15"
Raku, wood, slate, smalti, muscovite mica, abalone, paper, turquoise, orange howlite, sandstone, twigs on hand-formed substrate



divide - a.k.a. common ground



9” x 7.5”
Gold smalti, miscellaneous glass, smalti, paper, acrylic paint on hand-formed substrate



shattered



24" x 24"
Geode, tempered glass, cork, shell casings, bottle caps, framing hardware, keys, scrap stained glass



fire & water



12” diameter
Miscellaneous glass and found objects



sanctuary



8" x 8"
Smalti, stained glass, ceramic tile, vitreous, stone, beads, millefiori, gold



i am my brother's keeper



9.25" x 36"
Smalti, stained glass, ceramic tile, vitreous tile, stone, beads, shells, beach glass, millefiori on hand-formed substrate



the passion



6" x 6"
Hammered gold, smalti, stained glass, ceramic tile, vitreous, gravel, beads, millefiori, copper foil



eden



9" x 17"
Stone, smalti, miscellaneous glass, tile, beads, millefiori, porcelain, shells, button



JOURNEY



7" x 19"
Smalti, beads, stained glass, ceramic shards, millefiori



deeply rooted



10" x 24.5"

Porcelain, millefiori, twigs, ceramic, stained glass, tree bark, assorted stones, paper on hand-formed substrate



remnants



48" x 12"
Paper, cardboard, mortar, twigs, stones, bottle-caps, beads, buttons, hardware, glass, ceramic, wire, coins, plastic toys, zipper, millefiori, broken china, shells.



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