Thaden Mosaics


ORGANIC & recycled ELEMENTS



RISING



8" x 17"





Inspired and informed by so many current events... but also thinking about rising seas, rising temperatures, and rising awareness of care for Creation. (Earth Day - April 22, 2019)


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


after the flood



8" x 8"

Items found after Ghost Ranch flood waters receded: broken ceramics, pop bottle, sticks, cholla, bark and bone fragment



quandary



12" x 15"
Raku, fused glass, stained glass, smalti, beach glass, shells on hand-formed substrate



oasis



8” x 8”
Gold smalti, miscellaneous glass, beads, millefiori, copper wire



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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