A cement mushroom in progress…

Played with cement just a little bit before it got cold outside…. and now I have a 70% finished mushroom hanging out in my kitchen….

First, create a plain (if lop-sided) mushroom from a lightweight cement recipe that you just happen to have the ingredients lying around:

Begin attaching “reject” glass pieces around the edge with mortar:

Fill in the rest with pieces of broken and leftover kitchen tiles (these were really fun to smash in to smaller pieces with a hammer —- though next time I think I need to break them in to even smaller pieces):

NEXT UP: grout the cracks & seal the mushroom…… someday when I get tired of having a half-finished mushroom in the corner of my kitchen 🙂

Green swirl

Some time ago Steve gave me a set of three tiny little canvases. I painted two right away. Liked one ok, didn’t like the second one. This is the second one after another (thick!) coat of paint. I like it much better now!

Now to figure out how to frame/hang it somewhere. AND to find the first one — where did it go? NO idea. But I’ll find it eventually as I put my upstairs studio in order.