GraZak http://grazak.net/blog Painting, mosaic, patterns, history, passion Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:34:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Flowers in Pendants http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Grazak/~3/Vogvba7XfLY/ http://grazak.net/blog/2010/09/03/flowers-in-pendants/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:33:00 +0000 GraZak http://grazak.net/blog/2010/09/03/flowers-in-pendants/ 2010-08-29 Flowers CP 2010-08-29 Flowers in Pendants CP 2010-08-29 Tree CP

It did not take too long for me to return to my corner :)

My friend LeeAnn had birthday this week, so I prepared this small gift for her. For the first time after two months of break I made a tree – different than rest of my trees in the shape, new but old. It is a tree at the bank of a river…..

I am really busy with my new job. I hope soon everything will settle down and we find the balance to have time, be happy and enjoy the great time in our lives.

]]> http://grazak.net/blog/2010/09/03/flowers-in-pendants/feed/ 0 http://grazak.net/blog/2010/09/03/flowers-in-pendants/ Mosaic made by life http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Grazak/~3/4WYxprLE5hY/ http://grazak.net/blog/2010/08/29/mosaic-made-by-life/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:11:24 +0000 GraZak http://grazak.net/blog/2010/08/29/mosaic-made-by-life/ Collages Small My mom and niece visited me this summer!!!!!!!!! We spent very nice time together, were busy and traveled a lot…. and at the end we had many memories to keep in our harts :)

I did not have time to do mosaic but I had one moment with my niece when we did jewelry together (I have no pictures :( ) She was really creative and I was proud of her. We did earrings and her creations were just gorgeous… mine – very simple (pictures later).

My ladies helped me to take care of my daughter when I started the first job in US… new challenge, exhausted body and excitement…. I hope after a while I will find time for my hobby and return here with new pictures and new stories…

For the beginning, mosaic from July made by all of us, filled with memories that will keep me alive to the next time I see my family in Poland.

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Welcome if you are first time on my blog :) I hope you will like my work, my designs… It is my passion, my joy, my way of expressing myself.

Have a nice time here in my little word full of magical glass, tiles and Millefioris.

]]> http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/12/artist-of-the-month/feed/ 3 http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/12/artist-of-the-month/ Mosaic Flowers Everywhere http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Grazak/~3/fcRANRDrn8A/ http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/05/mosaic-flowers-everywhere/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:45:48 +0000 GraZak http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/05/mosaic-flowers-everywhere/ 2010-06-29 Flowers Everywhere 0032010-06-29 Flowers Everywhere 009This is the last pendant from the newest group I made lately.

I used these flowers second time, first I had two trees in the garden, now there is one big tree.

As usual, I played with the shots. I hope the flowers will make people happy!

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]]> http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/05/mosaic-flowers-everywhere/feed/ 0 http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/05/mosaic-flowers-everywhere/ Tiny Mosaic Boat… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Grazak/~3/Vj_YdqncaWw/ http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/04/tiny-mosaic-boat-summer/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:32:28 +0000 GraZak http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/04/tiny-mosaic-boat-summer/ 2010-06-27 The Boat 01 This little tiny boat is a remainder for me.

I did not have lots of time to prepare pendants for art show and at the end I felt like I had to do as many as I could, I did not have enough time, I could not do new ideas… but I really wanted to do one more boat (not new idea but technique I was not very familiar with, new boat meant lots of time for cutting glass to fit into a circle pendant)… Finally I decided to go for my dream.

I had really nice time doing that boat. I was in right place, I fulfilled my vision. I found energy for new creations. I found I had to do new creations to be happy with them… and to do nice pieces.

I know I can not do everything what I want all the time but it is good to stop from time to time and remind myself about the goal :)

It is good to have dreams/ visions, to follow them and to try to accomplish them.

One more time stained glass relieved all the beauty when I cut it and showed the edges… All the colorful layers of glass, shiny surface….

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It is another pendant for mosaic show, there are some more so day after day I will show them all.

One more time I used the beautiful Millefioris. I have them from Crystal from her collection (very nice of her) and they are my treasure. The circular idea is all what I love. The colors are so rich, so intensive.

Red is a happy color and today is a big day. My mom and niece are coming for a visit!!! So a happy tree for a happy day :)

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]]> http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/03/small-modern-mosaic/feed/ 0 http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/03/small-modern-mosaic/ The Great Tree http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Grazak/~3/7PCFTDpjHAM/ http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/02/the-great-tree/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:12:29 +0000 GraZak http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/02/the-great-tree/ The Great TreeThis pendant is my “dream come true”. All what is important is in the shape of the tree. It is beautiful old tree full of memories, life experience and grace.

I put lots of my heart and my time in this piece. The light blue circle for background needed lots of attention. To cut a circle was not a big deal, I did it pretty fast… but that circle had to fit perfectly… I think I will have to buy a grinder… or maybe I should not do that. I always have more time to think about the design when I polish the stained glass…

I am really happy with the photos, too. It was just project perfect :)

Good news, I heard “YES” for my pendants. The manager from Cascade Glass Art Center agreed to take my work for her art show. It means a lot for me, when glass artist says good words about my work.

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]]> http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/02/the-great-tree/feed/ 0 http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/02/the-great-tree/ Fun with mosaic and photography. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Grazak/~3/ZQpT7LFOF68/ http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/01/fun-with-mosaic-and-photography/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:22:56 +0000 GraZak http://grazak.net/blog/2010/07/01/fun-with-mosaic-and-photography/ I do not have any philosophy for these pieces. I had some pendants and I wanted to do sets, or I run out of some colors and decided to do more jewelry.

I am preparing my jewelry for mosaic show. Tomorrow I will find out more details about it and the answer if my jewelry would be seen by others.

I had nice time taking these shots, I had to do lots of thinking to create new settings (the pink is a copy of earlier shots, the view is different). I spent two very effective hours and these four pictures are the part of result of my journey with camera :)

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Gosia loves her own pendant and now we have matching jewelry.

I filled the blank pendants with two flowers from Italy and colorful glass rods.

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The two pieces will go to Poland!!! My friend ordered them for her mom and mom in-law. It is amazing, my work will travel home. Thank you, Aneta ;)

At the background I put our family sign my daughter’s teacher gave me today (you can see word Family). I was so touched by that gift. What a great idea. It will stay with us forever!!!! Tomorrow my little girl will graduate, she will be 1st grader…

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