Bird bath mosaic..

Those birds will have the poshest and most beautiful bird bath in the country!

That is absolutely awesome Lulu! Oh my! You are so talented...I think this is going to be quite an accent in your garden. Will you raise it on a stand or just sit it on the floor?

Wow, this is gorgeous! My birds would love it.

I'm going to put it on the patio slabs so I can see it from the kitchen. Maybe put my feet in it when it gets hot!!
Now I really understand why mosaics are so expensive, they take so long to make!
Thanks for your kind comments girls! I'm off for a well earned glass of wine and to rub my stiff neck!

superb Lulu

Ta Paul! I like it to.....until I start on another one!

That's stunning Lulu, love everything about it.

Really beautiful Lulu , you deserve your glass or two of wine :o)

Thanks Amy and SL. drinking my first glass of wine and making carrot soup!

Very well thought out, and a superb result.

masterpiece Lulu !!

Thank you boys. Lots of thinking and sticking and now my brain and neck aches a bit but hey hi, two glasses of wine, a superb carrot and tarragon soup and super salad of beets, celeriac, carrots. Freshly squeezed blood orange juice.....but only enough for D. So didn't get mine with vodka! And I'm done now!

Its got the wow factor Lulu. I think you need to put it on your stall with a note saying that it is sold. Would you have time to do all the commissions it will generate.

Depends on how much someone would want to spend! Not many folk want to shell out on an expensive birdbath these days! Except, the price of stone ones are pretty high too.

And FAR too cold for a stall at the mo!

Thanks so much HB. It certainly was a labour of love! Pity it's too freezing to use it..better wait for the grout to really dry.

looks very elegant. there's nothing to give it scale, how hig is it?

Good point Fran, I'd say its about 18" in diameter.

thanks - that's an Olympic bird bath if ever there was one! I admire your tenacity: must have taken *ages* to work out the design and then apply it. What did you use as a base to apply it on?

Beautiful...nominated for mosaics..:)

Just glued each pice on Fran.
Thank you BB!
Pity it's still so freezing, longing to give it a go...although it should be frost proof!

But what did you glue it ON to? can see handles eithr side, so was it a metal dish? I've seen some small metal bowls with handles like that. If it was metal, will the temperature affect it, and will that affect the mosaic as the metal contracts or expands even a little?

A wok!

nods, I thought that but didn't want to say it in case I was wrong. I've got a small one that I use as a firebowl - not needed since I got my mini-barbie, so maybe I can recycle that - not as elegantly as yours, but maybe the birds won't notice - plain concrete might do it. Hmm, maybe I can line it with bits of cut-up CD ...

That will brighten up their day lol!

I've been putting off having a go at concreting fora ages, I must get round to it one day - the hardware shop over the road has bags of ready-mix, just add water and stir, but still not quite got round to it. that's my "get round to" for this year!

Have you got the bits you want to stick on Fran?

I don't have any mosaic tiles, there was never any point buying stuff that I wasn't sure I'd ever use. I don't have grout, either. I thought of cutting up some CDs and pressing them into the concrete; not sure if they'd stay put in the concrete or if I'd need to grout them in. Oh well, only one way to find out!

*s* it's not as if I don't have a stack of CDs going spare, so I can afford to experiment. if that works, or half works, I might have a go at proper tiles and grout and all that. But for now, start simple - so long as I start!

Best of luck!!

lol I'll post the results, however bad they are! but don't hold your breath till then *s*

What does *s* mean Fran?

sorrry that's shorthand *smile* - I've been too long in chat rooms!

Nomination for mosaics not been successful for some reason but will keep trying.Our birdbath cracked in the recent frosts so this would look lovely in the garden...:)

Well am very disappointed not to be featured lol!
I just need to weather/rust proof the underside and now the mega frosts maybe over....she types this tentatively! I can put it out!

No worries Lulu...Drc726 has very kindly edited into Birdbaths.......Sure your feathered friends will love it !!!

Ah thank you! A featured bird bath!