This is the piece I made at a 2 day workshop at the Fuller Craft Museum that started it all! Not bad for a first ever try, right?

I made this while I was unemployed and it was so grounding. I learned a lot about working with cement and the process became almost meditative.

At over 3 feet tall and 30" wide, this is the largest piece I've made so far, and the one that took the longest. The carpentry to hold up this very heavy piece shows how little carpentry experience I have - but the plumbing was pretty easy. The triple streams create a joyful noise.

Crash glass, aka tempered glass - what windshields are made of - breaks in these incredible irregular shapes - and it looks like a pile of gems while waiting to be used. I love this piece - but it took forever working with these hundreds of tiny pieces.

This was an old garden statue that I liked, but was disintegrating over time. A new mosaic coat and he was better than ever. I love the patterns these skinny triangles make. Don't they look quilt-like?  I wish I could still get those shapes - they are fun. 

Five feet of mirror, glass pebbles, and crash glass. Contains the quote "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face" from I Corinthians 13

An early early piece that showed me a little more about what mosaic can be. Someone told me it reminds them of a Money painting. I'll take that!

Experimenting with mixed materials - ceramic, glass, polymer clay and ball chain with grout. It's different from most of my pieces, but I really like how it came out.

I wear this piece often. I just love how it's like a tiny painting. And who doesn't like owls?

These tiny oval ceramic tiles are as small as grains of rice and a bit tricky to work with, but I like how they can evoke a sense of motion. Cute, no?

I took a workshop about working with slate at Mosaic Oasis in Arlington, MA and I'm pretty pleased with how this came out. Slate is tricky to work with so I don't use it often, but I like the natural look

This was a gift for my sister, and it's full of little nods to our family, from the gnome that she and my Dad found so funny, the Dala horse that is a nod to our Swedish  heritage, a shamrock for her husband and more.

It's no secret that I love my cats. Well, all cats really -  that tends to happen once you have lived with one. So I love how this came out, especially given I cut the cat silhouettes freehand and didn't know if they'd look okay. I think they do - though my cats are more likely to be watching birds than the moon. Handmade ceramic mixed with manufactured ceramic tile.​

At my first visit to the wonderful Snow Farm, I attended a "pebble mandala" mosaic workshop. I don't love the piece I made, but I learned the concept of andamento -  using patterns to create visual flow in a mosaic piece. I used the technique for the sky here and love how it contrasts with the handmade tiles. The piece would have been much less interesting if the sky was unstructured.

This fountain combines handmade and manufactured ceramic pieces with crash glass to, hopefully, evoke the sense of the sun on a slightly choppy sea on a great day out sailing. A poor swimmer myself, I haven't sailed very often, but I recall the feel of spray on my skin as the boat cut through the water - a glorious feeling.

My first attempt at a mirror. The glass shapes seemed right to pair with the mirror's glass, and though I rarely use white grout, it feel like the best choice with the floral design. 

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Someday this will be my house number - once I finally build a stand for it. (I'm still perfecting my carpentry skills.) It even features my cat Percy, who usually plays greeter.

This is the back of my future house number. I didn't want to leave it just plain, so I used some extra pieces I hadn't found a use for, and I think it came out fun.

Another trip to Snow Farm for 3D mosaic sculpture brought me Ebba (a Swedish name that means "strong") - my take on a Swedish Dala horse. It was an amazing workshop and I love how she came out!

I love my bird pieces. They are sweet and unique. This little guy features mother of pearl wings, Swarovski crystal eyes, glass, ceramic and wood.