Hi Makenzie, just started watching your videos and I love them. I do mosaics also and when I'm ready to grout my project, I use painter's tape to mask everywhere I don't want grout. This leaves your painted surfaces completely clean and there's no touching up needed. Also, using the tracing paper used in sewing works great for transferring your designs. Can't wait to watch all your videos!
For sure!! I ALMOST did both of those things on the mosaic video i just posted, but had nether on hand again. 😂 so glad your enjoying my channel, i would love to pick your brain as a mosaic-er!!
I just started doing mosaics again in my stained glass class after a 30 yr hiatus, and WOW, I miss it. I actually think im better at mosaics than stained glass! I'm having carpal tunnel surgery tomorrow so I'm hoping it helps my glass work. You inspire me to do more in life, not just glass! Thanks so so much!
Oh my gosh lucky!! I heard amazing things about that surgery. It will go perfectly, good luck! I'm so glad I make you feel inspired, thank you so much for watching! I am absolutely loving the mosaics, I can't get enough! Welcome back to stained glass/mosaics!
I’ve been LOVING your videos! So so helpful! If you ever do another mosaic would you be able to try some of the glitter add-ins?! Ik it’s not technically stained glass related but is an adjacent!
It’s absolutely beautiful Makenzie and I am learning loads. I’m doing a binge watch of your channel as I am a newbie to it. Love your energy too and who can beat the celestial look. I haven’t got any stain glass stuff yet but I will do as I want to do stain glass have done for a while and came across your channel and I am so pleased i did I am leaning loads and I am in awe of your work and excited for me to try my hand at it too. Thank you for sharing xxx
I know I’m late to the party, but when you need to transfer, my way is to cover the back of the paper with pencil mark and then flip it over and draw over your lines, then if they are a little faint, you should be able to see enough to make your lines bolder as needed. I’ve done this tons of times. Thank you for sharing your creativeness and experience with us! 🖤🤍🌙🤍🖤
As always your positive energy and gift of teaching shines through. The box is beautiful! It is nice to have a project with stain glass that yo don't have to grind all the edges! Thanks Makenzie, again your video inspire me.
Use chalk in the back of the paper image, you can trace the front and the chalk will transfer the design onto the surface. It’s a simpler version of using carbon paper.
Beautiful work as always. I have done mosaics for a long time and was inspired to start stained glass because of your excellent videos. I incorporate suns and moons made of stamped polymer clay within the glass tiles and have wondered about incorporating soldered shapes into the mosaic to create silver or bronze borders within it too, along with the grout. Perhaps you can experiment with that in a future project. I teach and host mosaic workshops at my home in Oregon and I have one tip for learners who chose the wooden boxes I offer including the one that you just did. It helps to add tiles around the bottom half of the box just a simple color because it will balance the weight of it. Otherwise the heavier glass on the lid would flip it when opened if there is not something heavy inside to hold it down. Anyway, I am happy that you are into mosaics and look forward to seeing you do more. It’s addicting for sure.
Great job with your fitting. You might think about sealing the wood before you do your project. The wood could draw the water from the grout and this will loosen your tiles eventually.
Oh yea nails don't count at all, it's my home decor or clothes that's all only black! I think that's why I can do my nails with insane color. I lack it so much in all other areas of my life!
That I COULD NOT do. Thinking about painting a wall a color makes me shudder. 🤣🤣 my nails is as deep as it goes for color. And I mean hey, that's progress!!! Something!!!
This came out gorgeous!! Maybe you could do some florals, too! When you're cutting the glass, are you cutting in a cross hatch fashion....or just strips, and breaking them into smaller pieces?
Love mosaics myself, great way to use stained glass left overs!! Your project looks awesome!! I’m into wood and mosaics now great combination!! Thanks for sharing 🦋🌸
Beginning of your video...I am wondering if you could lightly scratch through the paper to "trace" your pattern on? I do this with Woodburn/carve patterns. Otherwise I was thinking maybe carbon paper but obvs it couldn't work with black paint. Too bad they don't make white carbon paper...or do they . . . Love to see you working on mosaic. This is the reason I literally save every scrap of glass I have. Beautiful Time consuming art!! I love how the box turned out!!! BTW, your vids haven't ben showing up....and I was thinking where you went.... that's when I noticed you've been here the whole time.
This box is Beautiful and as usual your directions are clear and concise ! May be you could do a GOG (Glass on Glass) Mosaic next time🥰 Thank you for the time you take for us 🤩🥰🤩🥰🤩
Thanks Fran! Someone else actually just mentioned a glass on glass too. What is the goal of using glass on glass for mosaics? I feel like I'm missing something. Lol!!
@@MakenzieHallie GOG is just another way to showcase beautiful Glass and Mosaic Art , when you hang it in a window or do a glass topped table and maybe even a glass topped box…
Fantastic. I’m looking for something to do with the odd left over beads from my Arabian horse tack business . I’m wondering if the same method might work with those . This design is amazing. Thanks for sharing !!
This is stunning!! I love the color choices so much. Lightly damp cheesecloth works really well to wipe away grout haze pretty quickly and non sanded grout would work really well for your mosaics. And you can get it at lowes/ Home Depot. I can’t wait to see your next project!!
Ok noted!! Will pick some up. What is the difference between the sanded/non sanded? I assumed since the "mosaic grout" was sanded, it provided a benefit.
Sanded grout is needed when you have gaps between your tiles that are an 1/8” and larger. Non sanded grout could crack if you are bridging a gap over an 1/8” but it gives a very smooth finish and there’s no risk of scratching your glass! Some sanded grouts have pretty course grit in it, and could scratch. The one you were using seemed to have pretty fine grit, so it wasn’t a big deal. Non sanded will feel like spreading smooth peanut butter, and should clean up a little easier. I worked in flooring/ tiling for a very long time! Lol
No problem!! I was just looking into the grout you were using and the stuff from big box stores, and the one you are using might be better for the color consistency. I was just reading some really bad reviews on charcoal color grouts from big box stores!
Yea and frankly the reviews on this one aren't great either. It's not black, not even close. But I'm totally ok with that. I feel like adding a drop of food coloring would solve that issue. Beyond that I love it, as you noted it looks like a fine grit- it is. Very smooth, I have zero questions about rubbing it all over my glass and no worry about any micro scratching or anything. Dries well, consistent coloring, wears well so far. I'm happy with it. But I'm not a grout pro, so take that with a grain of salt .....or grain of grout sand lol.
Do you have a pair of tile nippers? I find them super useful to help get variations in the glass shapes, also a lot faster than scoring and breaking all the tile pieces. Love your videos!
Love this as always Makenzie ❤ I can't see if you've posted the names of the stuff you've used 🤔 you probably have but I'm looking in the wrong place 😂x
So little trick to transferring… if you trace the back of the design in pencil, and use a lot of pencil, then place it on the box traces side down and go over the top of the design in ball point pen. It should transfer the pencil onto the box. 😊
I love this and just found your channel. I wish you'd go slow for about 5 min. I understand you have to speed up the vid. I subscribed and love your style ! Love The nails. I like your choice of iridescent Colors .I think now Q know what colors to use on A jewelry boxI'm making.
Hello Donna - Not sure if you're aware of this feature or not, but you can actually change the playback speed of any RU-vid video. Your comment was asking Mac to slow down for a few minutes, you should try to change your playback speed to "0.75" or maybe even "0.50" and that should help a bit. It is not an ideal solution as the slower you make it, the more the voice will become distorted. But hey, it's better than constantly having to rewind the video to try and catch something that has been flying by too quickly! Let me know if you need any help locating where to change the playback speed during a video.
What wd happen if you added chameleon powder to the black grout or just brushed a little powder on the top before sealing Your salty language is refreshing 😅
Wow I have watch all your stained glass vids I personally am getting ready to do mosaics myself. So this was timely and very inspiring. I am going to try glass on glass. ( GOG) maybe you would also try that ???
