"View from Above" mosaic art series

Johannah's had this series in mind for a while now. Mosaic mirrors with imagery inspired by aerial views of the world, areas where human beings interact with the surface of the earth. "Agriculture" came first, a few years ago. Finally this winter there was time to get back to this project. After making the "Suburbia" and "Oceanside" mirrors, we thought these pieces would be fun as wall art as well.

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"Suburbia" and "Oceanside" in progress in the studio.

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"Agriculture" from a few years ago.

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All three views as wall hangings.

Round up of recent custom coat racks

It's been a few months since we shared some of our custom coat racks, so we thought it was about time to post a few of our recent favorites!

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The mosaics for the coat racks are often a single color, or we fade from one color to another. Lately, we've been really liking how gray works so well with a lot of colors. White is also good, and lends itself to a bright, saturated look. Gray is a little more understated and sophisticated.

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This was our first mosaic coat rack in brown, and we love how it came out. The reclaimed brown bottle glass with the letters "ART" was an especially fun find to include.

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This client requested double hooks to increase the number of items the coat rack can hold. We increased the size of the frame and mosaic to accomadate the extra weight.

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This fun project was for a six-hook coat rack with a special request for a purple car. To adjust for the weight of more items on more hooks on our larger coat rack, we increase the profile of the frame as well as the overall dimensions. This makes for a mosaic that is quite a bit more substantial!

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Poppies and more poppies

This client reached out to us about creating a long, narrow mosaic incorporating memorabilia they had collected over the years. As we discussed the piece, three words took central place for this composition: poppies, Klimt, and dreamy.

The poppies themselves were created from a beautiful cinnabar-colored porcelain plate with gold-leaf decoration. The background was stained glass along with beads, bits of jewelry, travel mementos, glass marbles, and polished stones.

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Once completed, the mosaic was fit in a reclaimed wood frame with a steel edge and grouted. This piece was such a fun to make, and it was especially gratifying to know we were creating a new work of art incorporating so many special mementos.

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Later in the fall, we received another commission for a coat rack with a mosaic inspired by the colors of the poppy piece. We decided an abstract field of poppies fit the bill. It's such a fascinating process to see one piece leading to another in ways we couldn't have predicted!

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