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I worked for months making glass tiles and then assembling them in a mosaic that would tell my story. Egyptian tombs have always fascinated me and I wanted to make something in that style. Throughout the process, I filmed and photographed the process to later make into this video.

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“amor fati” means “love your fate.”

“amor fati” is approximately 4 feet tall and three feet wide. It weighs close to a hundred lb.

Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic

I believe that any archaeologist can clearly determine that this says, ” An artist married a foodie in 1985.” After the scarab went in, this is where the story would start.

Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic

The mosaic features many of the mosaics that I have created in my career. The one she is currently working on in the mosaic is the one I was working on… a huge scarab (roughly the size of her head as is the huge scarab feature of this mosaic.)

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Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic

In most of my mosaics, I take time to figure out a signature. Initially, the signature was going to be embedded in the matrix numbers in the “cracks of the wall.” Then in researching for this project, I discovered that a cartouche is actually kind of a signature so I took liberties in designing my own.

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Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic

This is a detail of the artwork that the main character has created in her story… and mine.

Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic

This photo is to help illustrate the dimension of this mosaic

Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic

All of the hieroglyphs help tell my story.

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Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic

… and lotus flowers help the story along too.

Video: Glass Artisan Tells Her Story In Egyptian Mosaic