Mosaic

This is the finished final project of my mosaic. It took at least 15 hours to make. You kind of have to look at it from far away for it to actually look good. In the middle is Christ holding a book and you can't see it very well but his other hand is in a blessing gesture. It looked better without the grout because there were a lot of little pieces that then got covered up by the grout. He has a halo around him, for holiness. The cross is behind him as an obvious symbol of his death. The lily is basically Mary's symbol and the pelican is a symbol of his sacrifice. So there you have it. Part of the reason as to why I was so stressed out last week! I haven't gotten it back yet with the grade but I'm crossing my fingers for 100%. The actual mosaic is only half the score. There is also a two page paper that goes with it explaining the symols, the technique, and why it is a "Byzantine style" mosaic. I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with it yet but I guess we'll just play it by ear.