My Pileated Woodpecker mosaic was made by improvising over a pattern. I created the pattern from a photo collage that I made in Photoshop.
Here is a high resolution photo of the grouted mosaic:
Materials and Methods
This mosaic was made from our American-made stained glass.
The irregularly-shaped backer was made from hardware cloth (wire mesh) and Versabond-brand thinset mortar.
The mosaic was grouted with non-sanded grout in a charcoal black color.
The grout gap was “incidental,” meaning no grout gap was intentionally left. The gaps were created serendipitously by errors in the sizes and shapes of the tiles.
The mosaic was laid out on a temporary surface of sticky contact paper and then picked up using Mosaic Mounting Tape for transfer to the mortar.
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