DreamMosaics studio news

I'm done with my holiday craft and art fairs for the year. So this is the time of year that I do a lot of exploring and experimenting with other art mediums and other ways to improve my mosaic art. I've been creating some fine silver pieces to add to my mosaic art - and in January I will take my first Level One class to become certified. I will chronicle what I learn and figure out about PMC (precious metal clay). I'm also experimenting with soldering some pieces that will have some of my favorite quotes and images. The next media I'm going to play with is enameling and fusing glass and metals. Who knows what will be next?

I have also decided to create and carry an earth friendly line, something that will help use up my many beer bottle caps. I haven't been able to throw them away and now I have figured out what to do with them - make magnets with them! I can make them really affordable and they're fun to make.

I also have decided to take the plunge to start selling on the internet on two different sites. One is on www.Artellaland.com and the other is www.artfire.com. My earth friendly magnets will be there. So will some of my mosaic crosses. I think I will sell some fine silver pieces on the sites as well. The universe of my art is constantly expanding so who knows what else will come from this time of year!

I recently made arrangements with the Route 66 Gallery in New Mexico to carry some of my mosaic crosses. I will be sending them to the gallery in the next couple of weeks.

I am late again this year, in getting my MOCA mask done for the FCMOCA fundraiser that will be next spring. I got my mask late - that's my only excuse. I asked for a dream to inspire the creation of the mask and got an answer and the design is set - now I need to get it done. Unfortunately my mask won't make it into the brochure unless I get it done in the next couple of days.