Show Us YOUR Work Thread - Tilers Pictures

[Ian]

Big little fish mosaic... a very special Mirror Carp, sandy background still masked off...


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Big little fish..

That is truly amazing! Just out of interest, how long would it take you to complete a piece of work like this from start to finish?

 

[user123]

That is truly amazing! Just out of interest, how long would it take you to complete a piece of work like this from start to finish?

Thank you Brian as to how long... you know, I really prefer not having deadlines - if someone said do this in a week I'd really struggle, as this is not something you can do 8 hours a day, the creative stamina is a different thing all together - there is not one piece in that that has been automatically or just mechanically put down or cut, there is so much in there. Kilty was the perfect customer, he knew I had to go and look after my Mum, he paid 50% up front no problem to show his commitment, I showed him progress photos, so he knew it was happening. And when I realized that the line beween the darker top and lighter bottom half of the fish had gone slightly too high, I took it all off again and started again. I just finished the background today, but have been working on a charity piece, too, this is my favoured kind of working, nip in and out of the studio, often work in the evening.. and I forgot to make a note of the hours. Also I used the double reverse method on this fish, which I really like it, and gave it a sculpted body, all issues which change with every project. To be able to work at an artistically comfortable speed I'd say three weeks would be plenty, but to have a patient customer like Kilty who understands that this kind of results is better achieved slowly was wonderful. Not knowing much about fish I really researched other pictures, too, how they look when wet, what kind of underwater landscape they live in, what the fins look like in the water - as on the photo they were out of the water and flat, and I wanted to make him look alive! Also it took me a while to find materials I had never used not thought of before, like the copper rods in the fins etc, all that takes time. If I had to do a fish again now I would be faster, as I know more about these things now.

Phew.. does that answer your question? :lol:

 

[Ian]

Thank you Brian as to how long... you know, I really prefer not having deadlines - if someone said do this in a week I'd really struggle, as this is not something you can do 8 hours a day, the creative stamina is a different thing all together - there is not one piece in that that has been automatically or just mechanically put down or cut, there is so much in there. Kilty was the perfect customer, he knew I had to go and look after my Mum, he paid 50% up front no problem to show his commitment, I showed him progress photos, so he knew it was happening. And when I realized that the line beween the darker top and lighter bottom half of the fish had gone slightly too high, I took it all off again and started again. I just finished the background today, but have been working on a charity piece, too, this is my favoured kind of working, nip in and out of the studio, often work in the evening.. and I forgot to make a note of the hours. Also I used the double reverse method on this fish, which I really like it, and gave it a sculpted body, all issues which change with every project. To be able to work at an artistically comfortable speed I'd say three weeks would be plenty, but to have a patient customer like Kilty who understands that this kind of results is better achieved slowly was wonderful. Not knowing much about fish I really researched other pictures, too, how they look when wet, what kind of underwater landscape they live in, what the fins look like in the water - as on the photo they were out of the water and flat, and I wanted to make him look alive! Also it took me a while to find materials I had never used not thought of before, like the copper rods in the fins etc, all that takes time. If I had to do a fish again now I would be faster, as I know more about these things now.

Phew.. does that answer your question? :lol:

Perfectly! I can't begin to express the admiration I have for work like this. I know that I could spend a 1000 hours on a piece like this and it'd still have to go in the bin! You should get an MBE or something!

 

[DHTiling]

She already has one better than that.. MTF..

 

[Spud]

nice one Gisela

 

[nybor62]

scun-thorpe utd toilet block,

 

[DHTiling]

Just got these pics today from the customer , B&Q polished porcelain in 60x60 and kitchen fitted by Strummerman.

 

[Stewart]

Quite nice for a B&Q floor Dave, I'll put that down to the installers........

 

[leeroberts636]

Nice Work

I have laid a couple of floors using the black/graphite version of this tile and was surprised at 1) How nice they were to work with and 2) the finish once they are all polished up!

 

[strummerman]

for some strange reason this is the first time ive seen this thread didnt know how many crackin jobs there is on here