Xylem Rising

I dove right into the art medium of mosaics, and this is what happened! I didn’t have to cut any pieces of glass for this piece… I just used my collection of scrap glass from various stained glass projects! 🤩💫

As a stained glass artist, I’ve wanted to try mosaics for a while! It’s much less involved than stained glass and a lot easier, but man is it messy!

I used a flat canvas panel as the base, and I plan to build a simple frame for it. So literally, this is a mosaic “painting” using glass shards instead of paint! 💠✨

It is an Agave growing in the desert. 🌵☀️💚✨
…𝒶𝓋𝒶𝒾𝓁𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓅 𝓈𝑜𝑜𝓃

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒚, from my 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘢 to yours! 🌎🌿💚✨

These botanic suncatchers are where the tropical flair of 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘢 meets the whimsical magic of stained glass art. 🪴💠🔮✨

Everything from the hand-drawn leaf patterns, to the glass color selections, to the metalwork assemblage, is designed and handcrafted by Yours Truly.

Brighten any window with these blasts of color! 🌟💚

All these pieces are now posted to my Etsy shop:
✨ www.etsy.com/shop/XylemRising ✨

I met this smiling Aeonium on a walk and saw my reflection. 🌱😌✨
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚, 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩... 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧-𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧; 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩... 𝙒𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨. 𝙈𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮, 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙; 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙊𝙉𝙀.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson