-Jack Geibler

I intend to recreate my mosaic using pebbles to represent the tiles. I am using pebbles because they are small so I can get more definitions of the mosaic. The mosaic has a red trident and a grey dolphin. The pebbles are already grey so I will keep the pebbles for them. I will set up my pebbles for the trident first. I need to make sure that I leave room for where the dolphin overlaps the trident. Once they are set, I will spray paint them red to get them colored without messing with the color of the dolphin. I will also be putting it on cardboard instead of a posterboard because rocks are heavy. A normal posterboard would definitely not be able to support the rocks. I will build it in my garage because I will be using spray paint which can get messy and would have more room in there. I will focus mainly on the shape of the mosaic because that is the most important for being able to tell what the mosaic is of. If I get the shape down then everything else would be easier. The shape and difference of colors will be the main aspects of this piece. I anticipate that gluing down the rocks may not work fully. I may have to work around that because I bet some would fall off. I hope the audience sees the tile-based picture I used. That shows the similarity to a mosaic. I have seen this from the story of Jeffrey Bale creating art/mosaics out of rocks. His purpose was to connect his art to nature and succeeds in doing so. Both of our works use small rocks to build up creating a bigger picture. I saw this and was encouraged to try myself. It is not an easy task, but with enough practice, Bale shows that it can be created in a beautiful way. I also hope for people to see the accuracy of my mosaic. I will bring past experiences with using glue for projects. Many times I have messed up using glue so now I will put extra focus on that aspect. I will also do my work over time. I will need time to wait for the spray paint and glue to dry. Also, it is more efficient for me to start my work earlier because my results are usually better.

Display and explanation of Jeffrey Bale’s mosaic’s made of rock. He also goes in depth relating his work back to ancient mosaics as I do in my work.