Mosaics

Styrofoam Based Animal Mosaics

Fred & Donnell Pasion

Learn how to make weatherproof mosaic-ready concrete forms from Styrofoam from award-winning mosaic artists and mixed media sculptors Fred & Donnell Pasion. They will guide you through discussions and demonstrations as you create your own 3-D form from start to finish. At a workshop you will learn:

1. Basic design concepts and layout.
2. How to safely use the latest hot wire tools for carving.
3. How to mix, apply and finish a durable concrete surface.
4. Curing and preparing your sculpture for mosaic.

Passiflora Mosaics is located in Grover Beach, California – midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on California’s beautiful Central Coast. They make extensive use of Hot Wire Foam Factory tools for carving the foam substrate which will then be coated with concrete and coated with mosaic art!

Donnell’s “Fat Cat” – From sculpted foam to finished mosaic.
The dimensions of my mosaic “Fat Cat” are: 24″H x 13″W x 11″D

After carving “Fat Cat” from foam with Hot Wire tools, Donnell prepares the mosaic base for applying fiber-mesh (left), while Laurie applies fiber-mesh (right).

Louise The Snail is glass mosaic over concrete and polystyrene. 16″H x 24″L x 12″W. Louise was first created in the Styrofoam sculpture workshop then mosaic was applied. Made by Donnell Pasion of Passiflora Mosaics.

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 Suggested tools/materials for this project:

Pro 4-in-1 Kit • Foam Fusion Glue • Medium Mesh