Bathroom DIY 3

Finished!
And there is a picture of Humphrey Bogart wearing flippers
 in the stained glass frame on the counter. Does he ever look goofy in them.

Mosaic Spool before

2 new projects. I obtained two wooden electrical spools. One is small, which I'm

turning into a chair, and the other much larger one will be the table. I know they look the samesize in the pictures, but the bottom one is the little spool.
I was driving by a building site and asked the supervisor if I could have one.
So, these are the before shots.

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Finally dry fit all the plumbing and attached the mosaic counter top.

I even have an LED attachment to put on the end of the faucet that lights up red when hot water, and blue when cold. That's fun for me.

I'm waiting for a friend to come over so that they can shut the water off quickly if need be after everything is glued, screwed and tattooed together.

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To cover up the hideosity of the ripped drywall from where the vanity was removed, I opted for pine wainscotting which installed very quickly and then painted white. Then new baseboards all around.

I got this pine board which I primed, then sprayed with a hammered metal copper finish to become the countertop for the glass sink. I also hammered some copper clips flat (they are actually used to suspend copper pipes from the ceiling) and banged them into frames in two of the cabinets. I found the copper clips in the basement, left behind.

Well, after setting it in place and drilling the holes for the drain and the faucet I wasn`t in love with the copper finish. It just looked meh.

So of course, bring out the broken glass and weldbond glue. I wanted a swirling water kinda thing...

This is before the grout.

And...this is after! I used non-sanded black grout, which only dries deep charcoal gray, not true black. The hole in the middle is for the sink and the other hole is for the faucet.

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This was a commissioned piece for a graduating Ichthyologist.

Sting Ray, Fish I can't remember, Snapping Turtle & Hermit Crab. Each side had a different creature. It was one of the first pieces I used shards of a broken mirror in to emulate sparkling water. It was successful, but also dangerous. My DNA is all over that. To this day my fingertips have never been the same.

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More mosaic boxes, shelves and boxes. In the middle picture is the little blue resin hand/cell phone holder used in the potato bin "handy" table.

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It's not a very good picture but this is a tray actually, taken from above.

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A work in progress. Ripped out filthy old piss-yellow pissed on creepy vinyl floor, installed new allure flooring that looks like cork. Ripped out vanity sink ,faucet. There was a baseboard heater BEHIND and UNDERNEATH the toilet, which is now gone, thanks to an Earth Angel known as "The Tool Man".

God bless him. So I went to fill the hole left by the baseboard wire and I found this yellowed newpaper balled up jammed in there to "fix" the hole. Oct 17, 1973. My goal is cover crappy walls behind cabinets with beadboard, tile marble backsplash atop of that, drill holes and install sink and beayootiful copper faucet.

Saturday: Cut & installed wainscotting to cover hideosity of ripped-out vanity-ness. Have primed, and will paint & caulk today. Found some hammered copper paint--will try that on countertop. if it doesn't work, I'll just have to mosaic something fun on it instead. Any suggestions? Not lobsters. I'm thinking bubbles or circles, like when you drop something in a pond.

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Was driving home and came across this filthy old pickle jar/jug in the ditch. Cleaned it up/out, sandblasted a hole at the bottom, glued glass all over it, and made a lamp which sits in the hole. So when lamp is turned on it lights up from within. It is totally useless for tasking, as far as lamps go, but it looks quite soothing when it's on. I tried a picture with the light on and it's not working. I'll try again and post it if successful. It's sitting atop the barrie behemoth.

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Three things in this pic: the little white box in upper left corner I chuck all my receipts into. It's a box covered in vintage wallpaper. The tea cart was on sale at Home Depot. I got the four old sewing machine drawers and attached them to a sliding drawer-spice jars kept in there. The old tea chest I got at a Kingston flea market.It was filthy. I took it all apart, washed it, stained it, ressembled it with black denim fabric and upholstery tacks and lined it as well.
The silverware chest had broken hinges and was bought for $4 at a thrift store. Mosaiic'd black glass tiles and "ivy/vine" all around outsides, fixed the hinges, cleaned the velvet lining, and now I use it to hold the dichroic glass jewellry & watches.

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This white box was built to hold firewood by my grandfather for a farm in Sakachewan in the 40's. I got some slate tiles, river rock and beijing limestone slabs and glued it all around the box. Box is also lined with cedar. It now weighs at least 100 lbs. I didn't change the tiny little casters on it yet. The kitten seems to not mind it. He looks quite evil in pictures but is a sweet kitty in real life. I gave my back a workout moving this around to glue and then grout on all sides.

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I glue all around the edges of mirrors, effectively framing them. They're quite dangerous to dust by hand, so using the attachment of a vacuum works best. The middle picture is quite 3-D although not that noticeable in pic. I bought a beautiful blue drinking glass for 10 cents at a yard sale and smashed it.

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Another treasure "chest". This one I used pre-made glass tile squares for the top, and then cut all the other pieces for the blocks of colour.

I tried to pick a rug that would clash the most when I took the picture. Holy cow.

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This was a cool one. It's a recipe box from the dollar atore. I tried to use the tiniest shards of leftover glass that I just couldn't use in a bigger piece. It's very Monet-like with lots of movement. All the glass on the top is irridescent.When the sun shines on it it scatters lovely little lights around the walls and on the ceiling. For such a small piece it took a very long time.

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This was my first "big" mosaic project. A dented pine tunk with a rounded top . It took me ages. It was an older camera so pix aren't very clear. It is also my only big piece grouted in white. I was going in for surgery and as some people get, I was asking friends and family if there was anything they wanted as I was doing my will. I asked one dear friend if they wanted the lobster table or this trunk and they said they wanted this trunk. So I gave it to them. I wouldn't want them looking at it thinking I was dead, I rather they enjoy it while I'm alive! I can ALWAYS make another one. And I have. As the movers with broken backs will attest.

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This was a commisioned piece for a couple from Nova Scotia. It has the tartan colours in it, the provincial flower, and wedding rings. It was their own table, and it was a collaborative

design effort between all three of us.

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This old toy box I got at a garage sale. It was truly horrific. Hand painted lions

that would have frightened any normal child, broken wheels, little broken wooden "bars" caging the poor trapped beasts. I got it for $5. I lined it with cedar, put casters on it, and now it has a new home. RELEASED THE KRAKEN!

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Old potato bin. I covered it all in round glass globs, except for the grey/purple irridescent glass surrounding the big blue glob. The big blue glob? One of those old glass Nivea jars I melted in the kiln. Such a beautiful cobalt blue. I made the little purple stick to keep the lid propped open so it is a handy table. The purple stick has a little blue solid resin plastic hand attached to it. I think it was an old cell phone holder display. I call this "a handy little table".

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Mosaic watches! Yes, they actually work.

I cut and glue each tiny piece of irridescent glass to fit inside the watch face. I glue tiny tiny, did I say tiny, because man they are T--I---NY glass beads around them. I put the crystal on, then braid a beaded ring and it goes on top. The pic doesn't show them quite finished yet.My jewellry is getting smaller and my furniture is getting bigger. My Eyes!

Jewellry

Dichroic glass pendants, made with wire, deconstructed antique costume jewellry and swarovski crystals.

No two pieces are alike, and can never be duplicated, as I carve the globs once they are fused and re-fuse to fire-polish them. It's a random layering of different kinds of glass that makes each piece so beautiful.

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the Barrie behemoth. Bought at a yard sale for $100, this big wooden box/chest has two lids. It was used to store old prints/pictures by a couple in Toronto closing their antique shop. After the glass and grout was added, it must weigh 200 pounds. I put in on casters and attached to rope handles to manipulate it. All four sides are mosaic'd.

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bought this blanket box for $20 at a thrift store. It had hideous purple plaid fabric stapled to it. I lined it with cedar.One pic shows the design I painted and the second pic shows it as finished...

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old scratched oak kitchen table,

now a fabulous lobster dinner for four.

The four yellow circles in white are the

melted butter dishes. Yum!