The creation of this mosaic took some twists and turns and ended up totally different in the end, but I still love it.
I had an idea for a series of mosaics made of mirror, red glass details, and hardware such as nuts, ball chain, nails, and washers. I started this one and another, then got really busy for about 3-4 years with commissions. Some of these commissions were 13 Red Bull Mirrored Disco Coolers and a few mirrored DecoBall lamps. By the time I had time to get back to my personal artwork, the last thing I wanted to do was mosaic with mirror.
Registered Trademark was originally intended to be a sculptural piece. It was a padlock and was going to hang from barbed wire. Once I decided not to move forward with the series, I cut the front off the structure and finished the edges as a hanging mosaic.
This is a portion of the sculptural mosaic that was done before I decided to cut it apart. Hopefully it shows where I was going with the idea. I’m kind of sad the idea didn’t come to fruition, but as time consuming as mosaics are to create, sometimes you have to make choices on what to follow forward with and what to leave behind.
