Well, I have a lot of catching up to do, but in the meantime I wanted to share photos of the fish the kids & I & a bunch of help from Uncle Carl made. Mitchell's teacher was retiring after this year & she so happened to have all 3 of the school age children during her years at the school. That coupled with about 2 years ago Morgan, Carl, Aunt JoAnn & I made a giant mosiac salamander that "lived" in the school hallway for months, made for an request of a mosiac art piece for the teacher's new condo by the lake. Wednesday night Carl dropped off the prototype ~ the wood held up by PVC piping & the fins strapped on with laundry bottle cutouts and screws. Some "Great Stuff" (expandable spray in foam) formed the body, a little shaving got the right shape... a little more "Great Stuff" to finish it off & then it was all set for me. On Thursday I spray painted in between rain drops and then set about smashing dishes and interesting glassware to get my mosiac pieces. I stayed up until 2am getting high off the liquid nails just to get up at 7am to try and get it finished. Finally a dry sky I decided to go outside, along with my office chair so I could swivel & spin to the fish. Carl arrived to glue on seashells and add the yellow to the back of the tail. The PVC & Base were painted Blue & with moments to spare I arrived at school (paint still wet) to present the fish to our teacher. As I pushed the cart, with the fish on it, through the halls of the school everyone stopped to stare and comment! It was very well received. I'm looking forward to the next project!
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