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The lady I live with suddenly got it into her head that mosaics are a Good Thing, so she's been mining the World Wide Wibble for information on how to proceed with producing her own creations. In the process, she found a guitar and knowing of my long-term love affair and heavy investment into the things tried to rope me into her new-found fascination with this discovery...

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So, I'm thinking about it (target pistols aren't much good without targets), but my question is: besides strings, does it need a Floyd? <grin>
 
Guys
guys
that is a piece of art

any art major can tell you that

lets wait for the Ebay auction
 
I dunno about a floyd, but it definitely needs some of those crystal frets.

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Forget the target pistols. Stuff it full of tannerite, hit it with a .308 and watch the show.
 
I say yes to the ceramic floyd....in antique  bisque color.....or colour for those across a pond..... :toothy12:
 
Well, OK, while we are having a bit of fun here with the idea of mosaics on guitars, spare a thought for those who saw one fo these for the first time years ago.......

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Not much different in concept and execution is it? And these sell for 1000s.An original made by the LateTony Zemaitis himself, commands 10 times that.

While I have always been a fan of Zemaitis guitars and the metal front and disc front guitars, I was always on the 'wtf'' side when it came to the pearl fronts.

For the record, I do like that acoustic emblazoned with mosaic tiles. It would look good propped up in a corner of my living room as an ornament. It would make a statement about who I am (guitar player) in an artistic way while not being the boring usual guitar in a glass case (don't touch that) sort of bric-a-brac. Wouyld I play it? NO way.

 
OzziePete said:
For the record, I do like that acoustic emblazoned with mosaic tiles. It would look good propped up in a corner of my living room as an ornament. It would make a statement about who I am (guitar player) in an artistic way while not being the boring usual guitar in a glass case (don't touch that) sort of bric-a-brac. Wouyld I play it? NO way.
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I'm sure it's just a decorative piece. I mean, there's no way it would resonate enough to make any kind of musical sound. It's gotta weigh a million pounds.

It's amazing how much mosaic art goes for, though. Just patio table type stuff can go for between $600 to $1,500 for sizes between 24" and 40". Those aren't unusual prices at all, either; they're typical. But, while there's not a lot of material cost, there's a lotta labor in one. Now's the time of year to be making them, too, at least in the northern states. Of course, with the economy being what it is, I'm not sure who'd be buying. Maybe once we get rid of what's-his-name, The One, confidence will rise and things will pick up again. In the meantime, any kind of business is a high-risk proposition.
 
I'm sure there's a lot of labour put into the prepping of the surface and then the layout,design and then gluing in of the individual tiles. That would bump up the cost.

If you think the modern stuff is costly - try buying genuine antique relic Roman mosaics! :o

There's always been a market for fine arts, no matter what shape the general economy is in, & usually not to the benefit of the artist themself but to the benefit of the collector who snapped up a bargain and held onto it for 10 - 20 years. If you ever meet Lars from Metallica he'll tell you all about it.
 
I hadn't heard about Roman stuff. Most of what I've seen so far in the books/DVDs/YouTube/etc. have been Spanish, Italian, and Incan (or central American, which has a heavy Spanish influence/heritage). Actually, when you get right down to it, all those are more or less related.

Anyway, it's much like building a puzzle, only you create it from scratch instead of re-creating it from a whole. Still takes a lotta time, and time is money. No getting around that.
 
Nice stuff. Had to take quite an effort over a long term. I'm surprised that according to the author, those kinds of works were mainly for private use rather than public.
 
Finally - an appropriate place for the equally odd piece of metal sculpture.
 
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