Garden Butterfly - Selfie Art (2022)
Location: Temporarily placed at The Hilltop House in Lincoln, NE
Medium: Collaborative Mosaic: resin, stained glass, wood, metal
After sharing my art with Girl Scout Troop 28820 in Lincoln, NE, I was asked if I would collaborate with them on a project so the girls could earn their artVenture 2022 badges. I was excited to help create something under the theme of I Spy Adventure.
Our idea for a selfie, stained glass mosaic butterfly was accepted. Creation of the substructure began from the sketch I submitted. I transferred the sketch to a piece of plexiglass and then built up a border around it to make a resin substrate. It worked beautifully and I was ready to use wood to give the resin structure and a border. After the border was on and sealed, I broke up pieces of stained glass so that it would be ready for the troop girls to add to the piece. We completed the glass on two separate evenings. I began to get to know these young elementary school ladies and enjoyed our time together. They made me laugh and we had a blast adding pieces and talking about peeling glue off our hands.
After the glass was complete, I took the butterfly back to the studio to grout it and seal with resin. Since we couldn't find a final day to meet, I video-taped grouting the piece so the girls could watch and learn. Then when the grout dried, I poured resin over the mosaic to seal it from the weather. I also filled in the back of the sculpture with resin so it was essentially flat on both sides.
The sculpture was installed in spring at the Hilltop House and was on display through the fall of 2022. In last summer, I had the chance to see the girls one more time at a celebration event. It was a fantastic experience!
Location: Temporarily placed at The Hilltop House in Lincoln, NE
Medium: Collaborative Mosaic: resin, stained glass, wood, metal
After sharing my art with Girl Scout Troop 28820 in Lincoln, NE, I was asked if I would collaborate with them on a project so the girls could earn their artVenture 2022 badges. I was excited to help create something under the theme of I Spy Adventure.
Our idea for a selfie, stained glass mosaic butterfly was accepted. Creation of the substructure began from the sketch I submitted. I transferred the sketch to a piece of plexiglass and then built up a border around it to make a resin substrate. It worked beautifully and I was ready to use wood to give the resin structure and a border. After the border was on and sealed, I broke up pieces of stained glass so that it would be ready for the troop girls to add to the piece. We completed the glass on two separate evenings. I began to get to know these young elementary school ladies and enjoyed our time together. They made me laugh and we had a blast adding pieces and talking about peeling glue off our hands.
After the glass was complete, I took the butterfly back to the studio to grout it and seal with resin. Since we couldn't find a final day to meet, I video-taped grouting the piece so the girls could watch and learn. Then when the grout dried, I poured resin over the mosaic to seal it from the weather. I also filled in the back of the sculpture with resin so it was essentially flat on both sides.
The sculpture was installed in spring at the Hilltop House and was on display through the fall of 2022. In last summer, I had the chance to see the girls one more time at a celebration event. It was a fantastic experience!