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.
There are about 300 known species in the Serpulidae family, all but
one of which live in saline waters. The earliest serpulids are known
from the Middle Triassic.
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