Mosaic Madness

So, you may remember my post sometime back on the reno's we are slooooowly getting through here.  If not, catch up here.

At this time of year, and a good portion of January, work is on the quiet side.  I usually spend this time lying in a hammock, reading.  Last year, I read the autobiographies of Ronnie Woods, Eric Clapton, Slash, Carole King, Carly Simon (my namesake), Suzi Quattro and Joni Mitchell.... yeah, just a little time on my hands!

This time round, I decided I'd do more 'constructive' things... these days I read in order to fall asleep (now that Micko is better trained - haha), so I'm not neglecting my brain, just using it in another way.

One word for you... Mosaic!

No, I've never done it before... and 'Yes', I have no fucking idea what I'm doing... but I'll give it crack!  I was a creative type (still am in some respects - the arty crafty thing has gone downhill since finishing up at Uni - over 10 years ago!!!) so I'm sure I can handle it.  Besides, I'm going down the tile track and no cutting for this project.  That should lighten the load a little.

Here is where I'm at so far....

I started with this.... used to be old brown early 80s tiles.  Some missing, some about to crack off.

Did the middle section first so I had a rough idea what to work around...

Worked out (slowly) the breakdown (I'm totally shit at math and didn't have a measuring tape to work with!)

Working around the centre piece

Almost there...

This is what I ended up with in the middle section... would have like to do some diamond stuff, but didn't want to fuck around with cutting when I have no idea what I'm doing.

Looking down at my workspace - the built in table....

Now I've just got to glue them down and grout... that's the easy part, right?

Next... the big Art Deco stairs... going to be a little more ambitious and creative on those.