I was reading Art Elements Blog last month and saw that the September Challenge was to create art using Foliage. I love all of God’s creations and have been thinking about foliage and the varieties and beauty of it. Some of you may know that the reason my mosaic business is named Flower Floozy Designs is because I am so crazy for flowers and color. I belong to a group of gardening ladies who call ourselves the Planters Nuts. Most of them have lots of shade and have been very much into foliage for years. I always made a beeline for the flowers at the nurseries so they teased me that I was a Flower Floozy. It’s true! But lately I have been making a conscious effort to look at foliage to appreciate the beauty in the leaves. I accomplished a few things this month with foliage and looked back through my previous projects for a few more examples of foliage to share with you.
Here is my most recent project. I am still learning the ins and outs of my new kiln so I made these small leaf dishes that can be used as soap dishes, ring dishes, or outside in the garden to hold water for the birds. The dishes were made using a leaf from the garden as a pattern for the pottery. After they were fired, I mosaiced the leaf dishes with stained glass and grouted.
Here are a few other past projects that I made highlighting the greenery, leaves and foliage.
Art Elements has organized a group of artists who are all spotlighting foliage this month. Check out these other amazing artists. Click on the name and it will take you to their pages.
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I hope you have as much fun checking out all of the different ways that foliage is interpreted in art. I am now super inspired to go create more foliage art and to study it more closely.
Flower Floozy Designs 
I’m glad you found the beauty of foliage because these are definitely some beautiful pieces!
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Wow your stained glass mosaics are amazing, I especially love the window panels, just beautiful
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Your mosaics are stunning, I love the dishes you created. Thanks so much for joining us for the challenge.
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The little stained glass/mosaic bowls are so cool! I love the incorporation of different mediums!
Your past projects are gorgeous! I love the one piece with four different bird images together – amazing!
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Such a neat idea to add the stained glass into the pottery. However, all your stained glass pieces are really gorgeous. I love all the colors you’ve incorporated into each of them.
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Karen, I love the style of your Mosaics. Seems like most of your cuts are a leaf pattern, which gives an interesting flow to your pieces.
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Thank you, I love nature so my mosaics try to reflect the beauty I see in nature.
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I love your leaf dishes and your other mosaic pieces are gorgeous! I just took a micro mosaic class myself. Interesting that you fused a leaf dish then mosaiced it!
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Thank you. The leaf dishes are ceramic that I mosaiced. I am starting to learn about fusing too. I tend to do fused pieces in a mosaic style. It is so much fun to stretch and try new things.
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Your mosaic pieces are gorgeous! The little soap/ring dishes are so pretty! Autumn is the right season to appreciate the beauty of foliage turning colors 🙂
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Your mosaics are wonderful. My favorite is the cardinal. I love that red bird!
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Your work is so beautiful! I am happy that this theme fits your inspiration and projects so well. I love seeing so much of your work (and those plant nuts sound like a great group of gardeners to hang with!)
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Thank you! I was just looking at your post on making the gnome bottle toppers. I loved seeing all of the detail. The little ceramic pieces you have added to their hats and all of the detail. They are amazing!
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Glad you could join us! Your work is lovely. And flowers and leaves DO go hand in hand. Glad the theme challenge shifter your perceptions.
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Sigh – my comment disappeared? I think your work is lovely and am glad you could join us! So glad you decided to rethink your relationship with leaves… they do go hand in hand with flowers!
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Sorry, For some reason, it requires me to approve every comment and I was off somewhere else when you commented. Thank you for your kind words. I really enjoyed participating in the Blog hop and saw so many beautiful things!
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I love your leaf dishes. Such perfect little trinket holders. But your mosaics are absolutely gorgeous!
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Your leaf dishes are so pretty! I really like the organic vibe I’m getting from those.
The mosaics are incredible. So much detail in each one. I love them all, but if I had to pick a favorite, I’d choose the cardinal/leaf one. That is gorgeous! I can just picture what it looks like when the sunlight shines through.
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Thank you Dawn. I love portraying birds. They fascinate me.
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Oh my gosh I just love all the things that you created!!! Your mosaic pieces are just awesome!!!
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I am glad you found the beauty and joined in the challenge.
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Your work is amazing. Love the colors and the passion you put into your creations.
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Love your mosaics – they have a great sense of depth and movement.
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Your mosaics are beautiful. Great color and flow.
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I’d say you nailed your study in foliage! The leaf soap dishes are exquisite and your mosaics are absolutely gorgeous.
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Your stained glass dishes are beautiful! Leaves are somehow perfect as inspiration for shallow dishes. I also love the riot of color in your past projects.
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I took a mosaic class recently and was overwhelmed by the amount of patience and skill that is required to make a mosaic. It gives me a big respect for your work which is fantastic.
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Thank you! They are involved but for me it is very peaceful and zen like when I am creating. I felt overwhelmed by traditional stained glass and to some extent with pottery. But mosaics must be my place because they always just make me happy.
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Wow, just wow. Those mosaics are beautiful! I think my favorite is the dragonfly. But, your leaf for this project is so detailed, it’s a close second!
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