Margaret Almon Mosaics

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Mosaic Frame by Margaret Almon, glass, gold smalti, ceramic, mother of pearl and mirror on wood, 4×6 inches. See the frame in process, with love baked in. Wordless Wednesday'

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JUNE 13, 2018

Tree of Life Mosaic by Nutmeg Designs based on a drawing by our client, glass, millefiori, gold smalti on slate, 10×14 inches. Cancer Breaks ” are miniature worlds done in pen and ink and are sacred spaces where hope is the medicine and love is the cure for cancer.”

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AUGUST 8, 2015

Julie LaRiviere created this quilt is for Roger Beatty, educator at the Cape Cod National Sea Shore, who brought a love of the sea to many children. The nautilus spiral was my first spiral love. Glass, gold smalti, dichroic, and abalone shell on slate, 7 inches. Sea Spiral by Margaret Almon.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

Perhaps part of my attraction to the librarian profession was my love of libraries as a place, and the fantastic furniture of knowledge embodied in a card catalog. Top Drawer of Tower of Tesserae: Orange Gold Smalti. At University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, the main library card catalog lined the hallways.

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Margaret Almon Mosaics

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Tree of Life Mosaic by Nutmeg Designs based on a drawing by our client, glass, millefiori, gold smalti on slate, 10×14 inches. This moment, this seed, this wave of the sea, this look, this instant of love. Elegy in Joy [excerpt]. by Muriel Rukeyser. The blessing is in the seed. Years over wars and an imagining of peace.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

Celtic Episcopal Cross by Margaret Almon in orange, azure and cobalt blue, glass, gold smalti, millefiori center, on slate, 6×8 inches. As a girl, I loved being surrounded by the friendly people of this church, as I looked for my coat after service. The font for the Moravian Church sign is san serif, and simple.

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