Creating the mosaic for DeEtta's fountain basin

Over this past spring, summer, and fall, Mark and I finally had all the pieces in place to create this mosaic. Our friend DeEtta had commissioned this fountain 3 years ago, upon completing our first mosaic for her fireplace facade. It took 3 years for the time, space and idea to materialize.

During that time, DeEtta had the concrete basin built and the spiggots installed. Our original idea was to make a statue representing an Earth Mother figure, holding a hemisphere, standing in the middle of the basin. After further consideration, she changed into the person of Persephone, standing on a pomegranite and stretching her hands up to the sunlight. The statue will come later. Meanwhile, we had the fountain basin to bring to life.

Mark and I laid out the paths for the 4 seasons, the galaxy, and the Yin / Yang background, and then the 3 of us had a wonderful time picking out the glass, stones, and special elements to form the mosaic.

In this picture, Mark is contemplating the project before beginning the day's work.