WaterLight Mosaics

Welcome to Waterlight Mosaics! This is a space to share what I make with the world, to offer my artwork and quilts, and to spark your own creativity. I’m especially excited to invite you to consider creative coaching. See more here. February 4, 2022: I saw Torn yesterday, Max Lowe’s film about his father’s life and death. Alex Lowe died in a Himalayan avalanche in 1999 along with cameraman David Bridges....

Make with what we have–Part 1 Welcome to Waterlight Mosaics! This is a space to share what I make with the world, to offer my artwork and quilts, and to spark your own creativity. I’m especially excited to invite you to conside…

I've updated my website to showcase some of my recent work: quilts--mosaics with fabric tesserae.

waterlightmosaics mosaics hard and soft

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Designed, pieced, and quilted by me on my home
machine. Inspired by traditional log cabin motif and Gees Bend quilts. I’ve made five quilts in my first year, and I still favor this one.

True to my interest in creating beautiful AND practical things, I’m making a king-sized quilt for our bed. It’s my own design. I’m noticing similarities to mosaic with hard tesserae—it’s important to think about color, size, print v solid, when placing this soft tesserae.

First quilt True to my interest in creating beautiful AND practical things, I’m making a king-sized quilt for our bed. It’s my own design. I’m noticing similarities to mosaic with hard tesserae—it’s important…

I recently finished this. Not quite sure what to call it: Light saber? Nah, taken. Fire stick? Ditto. Lumiere? Whatever, I'm fairly pleased with it and think it makes a good companion to the explosion of color offered by mother nature.

New mosaic for the garden I recently finished this. Not quite sure what to call it: Light saber? Nah, taken. Fire stick? Ditto. Lumiere? Whatever, I’m fairly pleased with it and think it makes a good companion to the …

I'm falling for fabric. In 2017 I began sewing some of my own clothes (click the Clothing tab), playing around with painting on fabric, and just recently I've started doing exercises from Intuitive Color and Design, by Jean Wells. She's a world-reknowned quilter, teacher, and owner of The Stitchin' Post fabric store in Sisters, Oregon. I bought her book years ago to learn more about color and design in my work in mosaic, and I'm increasingly pulled to explore line and color. [ 75 more words ]

New tesserae I’m falling for fabric. In 2017 I began sewing some of my own clothes (click the Clothing tab), playing around with painting on fabric, and just recently I’ve started doing exercises fr…

I just re-opened my Etsy shop, in case you're looking for something small and affordable. I'm also selling a couple of my favorite works that are more intricate and special. Etsy shop: WaterLightMosaics

2017 Holidays are approaching I just re-opened my Etsy shop, in case you’re looking for something small and affordable. I’m also selling a couple of my favorite works that are more intricate and special. Etsy shop: …

Ridhwan completed Visit the post for more.

New mosaic It’s been too long since I’ve made something. This is for a beautiful garden, an urban farm, actually. The symbol is the Ridhwan, Arabic for ‘contentment.’ I just have to gr…

Aren't all our lives a metaphorical mosaic? As I turned 50 this month, and just finished wonderful celebrations with friends and family, I felt compelled to write what 50 means to me, and to thank everyone who's in my life. Click the link below. Debbie 50th-birthday-reminiscence

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Birthday #50: a lived mosaic Aren't all our lives a metaphorical mosaic? As I turned 50 this month, and just finished wonderful celebrations with friends and family, I felt compelled to write what 50 means to me, and to thank ...

Day 5, final day of Art Challenge. Glass on glass mosaic -- what first made me fall in love with mosaic. The blue work is my first ever mosaic. The abstract: inspired by Lubeck Cathedral. The other one: Standing Stones. I nominate David Russell, who has inspired me with his love of outsider art.
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