This mosaic started out as just the center icicle-like shape and a substrate about the width of the top of the icicle. At least half of the shape had been mosaicked in violet gold before I realized my andamento was all wrong. This was another example of me rushing in to get started on an idea that was not yet fully developed. I scarped off all the violet gold and then put the substrate in a closet.
A few years later, I decided to do something with the substrate and the icicle shape. I attached the long, thin rectangle of a substrate onto a larger Wedi panel. Piercing The Veil is the second incarnation of the icicle.
Piercing The Veil (2012) 42" x 32" | 107cm x 81cm. Mosaic gold, marble, travertine, porcelain, ceramic, mother of pearl, quartz, shell, pearls, 24kt gold seed beads, Swarovski crystal. Available.