Florida Golf Landscape
This mosaic 3 ft x 5 ft mosaic was designed to be site specific for a residence. It features a panoramic golf scape scene. The flowers in the lower left are made using a variety of pink stones. The flower at the top left is made using rose quartz (with hematoid inclusion), below and to the right, the next flower is rhodonite. The flower below this to the right is more of the above described rose quartz. Continuing down and to the left this flower is another variety of rhodonite with a black webbing matrix. Below this flower to the left the next is made using thulite. To the right the next flower is made using a purer variety of rose quartz. Continuing down is another thulite flower and then to the left, is one made from perthite. Lastly, below this is more rhodonite. Each flower has a center made of tumbled citrine with one being a citrine crystal raising from the mosaic surface. The green leaves around these flowers are made using amazonite and buddstone.
Above middle in the composition, the spill off from the sand trap is made from turritella agate (fossilized sea shells). The palm tree bark is made using leopard skin jasper and the palm leaves are made using a combination of tumbled, fancy jasper, jade, and aventurine. The bushes by the houses are made using tumbled amazonite. The sky is made using ceramic tile and blue lace agate. The clouds are white quartz. The alligator in the lower right is made using a ceramic tile which is slightly thicker, giving the gator a raised effect. The gator’s eye is made using zebra marble. The remainder of the mosaic is ceramic tile.
-Jonathan Mandell c. 2006
