Glass mosaic making

Steps to making my raven glass mosaic:

first I drew a flying raven from a photo, cut a stencil and tested it on newsprint
first I drew a flying raven from a photo, cut a stencil and tested it on newsprint

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then I stencilled the raven onto a rice paper monoprint and adhered it onto a wood substrate
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next I collaged around the stencilled raven and then cut the glass to glue on top of the entire surface
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And the last step is applying the grout (which I coloured with acrylic paint to get the turquoise blue I wanted).