I was inspired by sea life itself I could've done just a pattern or any old shape, but I chose to make a mosaic of a seahorse and seaweed. I chose this because seahorses are small and delicate creatures. I've also loved seahorses for a very long time.
To make this I first had to come up with an idea for a design after that I started breaking the blue and green glass that makes the water and seaweed. I then had to start putting the pieces together and glue them down. Before I had all of the blue done I had to cut the red tiles with a certain kind of pliers. After I had most of the seahorse set and glued I started working on breaking more glass for the water. While I was gluing, for the whole project I had to try to see which pieces would fit together in the best way. At the bottom is real seashells because I thought it would add to the effect of being in the water looking at this magnificent creature.
One challenge I faced occurred in the beginning when I didn't glue right away, and the progress I had made for the day was hard to see. My Art 3D teacher suggested that I start gluing and I did, soon after that it was a lot easier to see the progress I had made.
One of the things I liked bout making this is that I was able to use real seashells. I also liked how once it was completely done I noticed that if you look closely you can see little bubbles underneath the blue glass.
I learned sometimes to see the progress you have made you have to step back and piece things together.
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