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Posted by siriusmosaics (My Page) on

Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 9:45

Here are a couple of things I finished this weekend: a small halloween pumpkin with black grout - looks better in person that is 5 inches high and another that is about 5 x 8. Not happy with the grout in the bigger one, but I did a test panel with 6 colors (gold, orange, black, brown, red, tan) so I went with brown which dried too light.

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Posted by foxglove44 (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 9:49

Those are beautiful!!!
I love the last one! I assume you used resin pumpkins???
Betsy

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Posted by klinger (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 10:16

How very cute, that's really nice,
Cindy

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Posted by shrty411 (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 10:34

Those are wonderful!! You can always paint that grout darker

Maria

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Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 10:43

Very cute! All those pcs!!! I love those colors, I'm workin on a really weird light globe right now that I've tried to do smaller pcs, but it's a disaster compared to your two!!!

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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 10:52

Oh how wonderful are those!!! Your pieces are so uniform. Really nice work.

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Posted by bamasusanna (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 11:03

How neat are those?? Do you use a morton system for your cutting? I like how uniform your pieces are.

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Posted by sunshine_funshine (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 11:16

What's the substrate? Love the pumpkins. I did some out of styrofoam with my son. We made jackolatern faces on ours, but I like what you have done here better. I thought about using the resin and plastic ones in the craft stores but haven't done it yet! Holiday crafts are so much fun!!

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Posted by rosemarythyme (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 11:32

Oh GOSH! The pumpkins are FABULOUS! Was the face already cut out? Are they resin? We need some DETAILS, PLS!

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Posted by haziemoon (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 11:51

Wow! Those are great!!
I don't use my old pupkin anymore, it's scratched up
and looks awful. What a great idea! Hopefully I didn't throw it out already. Beautiful job!!

Hazie

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Posted by siriusmosaics (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 14:19

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Both pumpkins were ceramic - small one from thrift store for 75 cents was cut out as you see and the other was one I purchased from TJ Maxx.
I don't use anything to cut the pieces, just cut a long strip, cut it into 1" pieces, then to 1/2" and then use the wheeled nippers to cut into 1/4". Takes awhile to cut all those out. After cutting probably 20,000 pieces, I just about have the uniform cut down.

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Posted by nicethyme (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 16:19

WOW, those are awesome!.... man I need some orange glass and about 30 more days in Oct

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Posted by d3bbi (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 16:24

Sirius, dazzling pumpkins!

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Posted by rosemarythyme (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 16:35

Those are SIRIUSLY fabulouS! No Kidding! I want out looking...and the only thing I've found on the market (well, HobLob & Michael's) are flammable styrofoam...AND they're NOT cheap! Will have to explore more ....

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Posted by fiddlekate (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 17:31

Wow! LOVE those punkins! They are SO beautifully mosaicked!
Hmmmmm... gonna to have to stop at the $1 store on the way home from work tomorrow.
They REALLY look great, sirius!!!
Katie

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Posted by kelly6780 (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 22:07

Wow Sirius! I have been looking for some pumpkins to do for Halloween!! I wanted to do them jack-o-lantern on one side and then regular pumpkin on the other for Thanksgiving. I can't find any just right! I love yours! Great inspiration to keep looking!! Thank you.

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Posted by crystal01 (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 22:14

Sirius, beautiful work! Wonderful colors.

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Posted by hrsg (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 22:15

Love these!!!

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Posted by chickeemama (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 07 at 0:05

Great- they look awesome!! What a fun project!

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Posted by coppertop52 (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 07 at 7:36

BEAUTIFUL!!!

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Posted by crackpotannie (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 07 at 9:40

I love them too...beautiful work excellent!annie

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Posted by lilpeaches (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 07 at 9:56

Guess who's now on the lookout for PUMPKINS! VERY COOL! And BTW-I think the second one is GORGEOUS and the grout is perfect so my address is .... LOL!

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Posted by arkurtz (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 07 at 21:20

Sirius, These are gorgeous! I also love the 2nd one. For the green grout (I think it's green...), on the stems, did you use acrylic paint to color it or did you buy the green colored grout?
I know I won't have time to get any pumpkins done for this fall but I sure hope I can find some to do for next year. I've got a perfect glass for some harvest pumpkins!

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Posted by lyndalu (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 07 at 22:21

Sirius....these are the most beautiful pumpkins I've ever seen. You did an awesome job on them. I really admire your work - all of it. I drool every time I look through your album.

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Posted by stjohnsgypsy (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 25, 07 at 23:52

Awesome...these are great....both beautiful......love the colors.

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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on
Wed, Sep 26, 07 at 5:54

This is another one I keep coming back to admire. LOVE the second one - color is great. You wouldn't want them to be the same color anyway, no?? The uniformity of your tesserae is just awesome.

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Posted by siriusmosaics (My Page) on
Wed, Sep 26, 07 at 9:37

I used green acrylic paint on the stem afterwards to change the grout color. I was going to paint the grout on the pumpkin a darker brown, but the color is starting to grow on me, so I'll probably leave it the way it is.

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Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 27, 07 at 19:22

Sorry I missed this thread the other day. Your pumpkins are just stunning!! What a wonderful thing to be able to keep for holloween and not have melting away on your front porch after. Just beautiful. I would leave them out until Christmas. So pretty!!!

Chris

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