Ep. 134 1/2 BONUS: A MOSAIC GIFT OF ART!

Ep. 134 1/2 BONUS: A MOSAIC GIFT OF ART!
or... How I used a shower door to make a piece of art.

Welcome to my bonus video!

I'm making a custom piece of "Art" as a Christmas gift for my son. I am going to paint a substrate in the style of Spring Fever, only with paint and cover it in tempered glass from an old shower door.

1:05 Starting with a primed 12"x22" piece of MDF, I begin by painting a base layer that is lighter at the top and more turquoise at the bottom. Once that layer is on, I use different colors of paint to add little swipes of color. I use gray, light blue, dark blue, green, dark green, army green, pink, magenta, purple, bright green and light green (and more!)

3:34 Once that is thoroughly dry, I start gluing on pieces of tempered glass from the old shower door using Weldbond as my adhesive. Whenever there is an island of glass that is clumped together, I use a tool to tap it apart and gently separate the pieces. After a few hours, I finish for the night and get about 1/3 of the way done.

4:55 It is the next day and the Weldbond has had a chance to dry on the first part. I keep adding glass to the next section.

5:37 It is the next day again. I talk about the weird tempered glass because the pieces are rather large that I have. I suspect the good pieces are at the bottom of my bin. Sometimes I can cut them cleanly and they don't shatter. So I have been using the smaller pieces and gluing them on one at a time when I can't find an island to fit.

6:32 I tackle the last part and work upside down so I can reach it better. The process is rather like piecing a puzzle together and it is rather meditative and enjoyable.
TIP: I apply the adhesive lightly as I want it to dry quickly (overnight) so I can grout it before Christmas!

9:07 I start grouting with Laticrete Spectralock I premixed grout in natural gray.

9:45 I KNOCKED OUT A PIECE WHILE GROUTING! I fixed it with E-6000. I also clean the excess grout off the edges so I can paint them later.

10:32 I do the first wash on the grout, which is light and in a circular motion.

10:54 I am removing the final haze with a microfiber cloth. It looks so sparkly in the sunlight!

11:50 I paint the grout with a range of green and blue acrylic paint. Then I wipe of the paint and take a final look! I hope he likes it! I love how it turned out! I am definitely making more of these in the future! Also: I'm very happy to finally use some of the tempered glass from our old shower door.

13:40 I show the edges that are painted.

That's Putting It Together: Bonus edition! Thanks for watching. See you next time!

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