Rain Forest Mural Day 1

Started work on my mural project for Westfield Southcenter Mall went to the Tacoma zoo and had 70 3rd graders from Thorndyke Elementary. The children will be providing me with the images for the project.

Here we are all lined up for our group photo. Then we all went into the educational center where the zoo keepers spoke to us about the rain forest and the animals that live there.

They brought out the sloth first the zookeeper was feeding her grapes as she walked around with her.

Then she brought out a fruit bat!

Then it was time for the kids to start drawing the images for the mural, they did a really good job we got lots of butterflies, frogs, monkeys, jaguars, a few sloths, spiders, and snakes.

It was a real pleasure working with this group of kids they were knowledgeable, excited and a great bunch of little artist.

And a visit to the zoo is not complete unless you visit the penguins!

Mosaic(s) Of The Week

I'm often asked to create custom work for people. This week I worked on two custom pieces for a client, a 28" round mirror and a half round three legged table. They will be living in a bathroom together. I have the before pictures below.

All finished......

Meet my co-workers

These are my co-workers (below) is Bee she is a 3 year old red doberman pincher who loves to play with her toys, sunny afternoons and walks.

This is Lucy she is the latest edition to the family she is 6 months old she also loves to play with toys. She is a little shy to strangers and is at that great age when she gets into everything!

Bath Time!

So when you speak to me on the phone and hear barking and commotion in the background this is who is making all that noise.

Welcome To My Studio

Welcome to my studio after a whole week of cleaning im ready to show you all.

As you can see I have alot of things in my studio.

Work tables

My colorful jars of Italian glass called smalti

and some of my forms waiting to be finished!

The reason for my early spring clean is that I will be making two mosaic murals for Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila,Washington http://westfield.com/southcenter/. In total it will be 150 square feet of mosaics, the first mural will be a tropical rainforest and the second will be a Northwest themed mural. I will be working with local 3rd grade Elementary School children and they will be drawing the images for the mural. So check back for photo updates of my progress.

Raquel