I made this mosaic mostly out of Sicis Neoglass for a spa at the same home as the Mokuluas art wall.
I created this mosaic before the actual spa was built, so I had to put the builder’s measurements into a CAD program to make sure the glass would fit once it was built.
The client is an interior designer and fell in love with Sicis Neoglass. She wanted me to use this glass for the spa. Neoglass is about 1/4” thick and comes in 3 shapes: Cube, Barrel, and Dome.
Cube
Barrel
Dome
The client wanted a design to reflect the local surroundings, so I created a ginger flower embellishment pattern to work into the waves of the mosaic.
Originally the mosaic was going to cover the whole spa, but because of concerns about the surface being slippery, she requested I just mosaic the sides and an interior wave. They would top the spa with stone. These were the options for the original design.
With the design locked down, I started creating the mosaic in reverse on heavy kraft paper so that it could be easily shipped and installed by her builders in Hawaii.
And then the mosaic was finally installed and grouted in its home in Kailua, Hawaii.
