What have you been doing during your summer vacation? oh yeah we don't get summer vacation anymore do we. This is what I have been doing after work and on weekends? I was asked to design and make a mosaic heart for All the Arts for All the Kids( http://www.alltheartsforallthekids.org/ )The hearts will be displayed in downtown Fullerton and auctioned off to raise money for the art programs. A design proposal was sent in. Then the project got started.Where to start? Here goes....
above without grout
After being grouted
( thanks Katherine for suggesting to grout as I go)
it looks totally different with grout
The black is glass that I fused in a kiln before adding it as the background
grouting is my least favorite thing
but it is what makes the mosaic 
It is finished!
the name of this heart is
FINALE
( thanks Dad, he came up with the name
and Mom my cheerleader)
"FINALE"
