This is a picture of a 15" X 15" Mosaic wall tile that I completed in November, 2016.

The subject is taken from a 3.5" black and white square Zentangle tile I did last year and decided to expand it into this mosaic wall hanging.

It took some adjustments because some of the shapes were originally drawn too small to cut into tiles (even with the enlargement). Once I worked that out and the tiles got their first firing, it was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle trying to reassemble the whole thing.  It took me several hours to get it all together.

Then came the selection of colors (remember, the original design was in black and white) for the painting on of the various glazes.  Glazes are one of those crazy things that frustrate me, because it's virtually impossible to tell what the final color will turn out to be.  I picked my colors and crossed my fingers that they would turn out OK.

The result is the wall hanging you see in the picture above.  What do you think?

I took my first mosaics class in The Dalles, at The Dalles Art Center (where I sometimes teach Zentangle), from Toms Royal, who is a wonderful (and patient) teacher.