Greetings from Portugal! My husband and I are visiting this beautiful country for a few weeks. Lace, more specifically bobbin lace, is probably not something most people associate…
A mosaic is an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. The mosaic mirror frames I made for my own master bathroom, for instance,…
The more time I spend making mosaics, the more I want to know about their history and traditions. I’ve had the good fortune to see many mosaic works,…
I’ve had the incredible good fortune to have visited some of the world’s most beautiful gardens in my travels. The size and style of the gardens has varied from grandiose and painstakingly formal like the Gardens of Versailles to casual, abundant and intimate like Claude Monet’s Garden. I was reminded of the extraordinary experience of visiting Monet’s Garden when I recently visited Gibbs Gardens, in Ballground, Georgia, USA, for the annual Waterlily Festival. The theme of water and gardens feature heavily in Monet’s works for 40 years. Let’s take a look at the allure of waterlilies.