MOSAIC BIRD HOUSE

Description

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10 inches tall X 6 inches wide at the bottom.

Wooden birdhouse, painted with primer prior to mosaic.

Mosaic pieces consist of: mirror, glass gems in red, light blue, cobalt blue, light purple.

Entrance surround, bottom edge, and bottom painted with purple craft paint.

Lavender grout.

Decorative topper and perch decor - faceted acrylic orbs.

THIS PIECE IS FOR DECORATIVE USE ONLY AND NOT SUITABLE FOR OUTDOORS. IT WILL BE FINE IN A COVERED OUTDOOR AREA, SUCH AS A COVERED PORCH OR PATIO, BUT NOT DIRECTLY OUT IN THE WEATHER. ALSO, NOT SUITABLE FOR USE BY BIRDS.

EXPLANATION OF PRICING:

I purchased the wooden birdhouse and then primed it with paint before gluing began. I also purchased the gems, mirror, grout and paint.

I hand cut each piece of mirror and some of the gems had to be cut in half. I used special glass cutting nippers for the cutting.

I hand placed and glued each piece. Sometimes I had to hold the piece into place for several minutes before I could continue on because the glue would make the piece slide around and it would move out of place on its own.

After all of the gluing was done, I had to allow the piece to dry a few days just to make sure the glue had set up good.

I hand mixed the grout color myself and applied it. After it was given a little time to set up, I wiped the excess off with a wet sponge. This usually takes a little bit of time because grout is soooooo messy.

After the piece has been allowed to dry completely, I go back and polish up all the glass and mirror to get all the grout "film" off of it and make it shine.

Lastly, I glued on the acrylic gem on the top and on the end of the perch.

This piece took approximately 90 hours to complete.

Added on Sep 05, 2009