Giving back to the Community ~ Steve's Kids

Second Grade Garden Sculpture ~ Serpent

We love receiving feedback from customers. We're always blown away by the amount of creativity there is out there! We also love to give back to the community whenever we can. In this case, we donated No Days Mosaic Mesh and No Days Glaze to the Old Town Academy for their annual fundraiser Gala. The students are led through the art making process by amazing teachers, artists, and volunteers creating fantastic artwork that gets auctioned off.

Starry Night Table created with No Days Mosaic Mesh

Tips & Tricks for using No Days Mosaic Adhesives from Dan Gamaldi of Cradle of the Sun in San Francisco

   Dan Gamaldi of Cradle of the Sun contacted us to share the installation of his entryway mosaic outside his shop in San Francisco.  He underestimated the amount of time that it would take him to finish the mosaic, as he only worked on it in his "free" time; Dan generally works on commission stained glass windows for homes and offices in the Bay Area.  Over a period of four years, he really got to know the ins and outs of working with No Days Mosaic Adhesive. The approach to creating the "Waterfall City" mosaic was different than I've heard of using before. Instead of building on mesh, Dan used a base of aluminum foil prepped with No Days Mosaic Adhesive film.

Dan lined a plywood base with aluminum foil and then No Days Mosaic Adhesive film

Many of the pieces of glass he used in his design (based on "Waterfall City" by James Gurney) were small, and Dan didn't want to blow them away while heat setting the adhesive with a heat gun. So, he came up with several solutions.

For very small pieces of glass, Dan heat set the adhesive using a soldering iron.

  Among the solutions for heat setting that he came up with were: using a soldering iron for very small pieces of glass (such as millefiori), a regular clothes iron for heating small sections of the mosaic...

For heat setting small areas of the mosaic, he used an iron.

and, finally, the No Days Curing Station to heat set larger areas of the mosaic.  Using the irons and Curing Station allowed Dan to heat set portions of the mosaic without causing the adjacent adhesive to shrivel back on itself (which can happen when using a heat gun).

Dan used Streuter's No Days Curing Station to heat set large areas of the mosaic all at once.

  Visit Dan's website at Cradle of the Sun to see more pictures and read about the whole process. Below is the video of the mosaic being installed in the entryway of his shop.

To see the piece in person, visit Cradle of the Sun in San Francisco:

3848 24th Street

San Francisco, CA 94114

(415) 821-7667

STORE HOURS:

Mon-Tues CLOSED

Wed-Fri 11:00-6:00

Sat 9:30-6 (*Class 'til noon)

Sun 10:30-4:00 (*Class 'til 1)

(*Space limited during classes. Please come after class hours for sheet glass cuts)

No Days Mosaic Coaster Project Sheet

To download the pdf, visit Streuter's project gallery.

The No Days Mosaic Coaster makes a great scouting or birthday party project for kids. If you want to eliminate the grouting process, clean up is faster and easier. Just space your tiles really close together before setting.

Approximate time to complete project = 1 to 1-1/2 hours

Find more project sheets at Streuter.com.

Children's Collaborative Oklahoma Mosaic with No Days Groutless

Dear Brad and Streuter crew,

Thought you might enjoy seeing the attached collaboration mosaic piece that was created by 12 budding Oklahoma artists, ages 5-7. This work of art would not have been possible without your "GROUTLess" product, AND, your willingness to work with me on pricing as a teaching artist! Many thanks from Oklahoma!

Mosaic created by 12 young artists in Oklahoma (ages 5-7)
using clear No Days Groutless Mosaic Adhesive.

Each of the twelve students were given a 7.5" x 8" piece of the map puzzle. Their only instruction was to follow the black lines with black tiles and not to use black anywhere else. They had no idea what they were creating. The excitement in the room grew as I had each student put their piece into place. The clear (Groutless) product was perfect, as they could see their "puzzle piece" through the product as they worked. We recreated the excitement on the final day by revealing this collaboration, installation, performance piece in front of the eyes of their parents.

Annalisa outside her art studio, Brayer & Brush

I have just now had a moment to look through the catalog you sent with the order. If all of your products are as perfect as "GROUTLess", I look forward to testing them in the future.

Many, many abundant thanks again for making this an affordable possibility as I work with students in Oklahoma!

Blessings,

Annalisa
Brayer & Brush on facebook

Annalisa Campbell of Brayer&Brush

Annalisa Campbell, Mixed Media Artist, Teaching Artist and Cheerleader for Oklahoma Arts, invites you in to the Gallery, Happenings, and Creative Learning Experience of Brayer & Brush.

3012 North Lee Avenue, Oklahoma City, 73103
405-204-1120

"As a Teaching Artist, Annalisa Campbell uses media, process and play, to experiment and explore creativity with her students. Learning how to express a moment or thought visually together.
Annalisa is an Oklahoma mixed-media and printmaking artist and expands her commitment to art through encouragement and education of other art explorers. This fuels Annalisa's art experience. She has recently opened her own teaching/working studio and gallery, Brayer&Brush, in the Paseo District. Receiving the 2011 Michi Susan Award and other awards for her art, teaching is still her greatest joy and fuel for her personal works."
"Annalisa is an Oklahoma mixed-media and printmaking artist and expands her commitment to art through encouragement and education of other art explorers. This fuels Annalisa's art experience. She has recently opened her own teaching/working studio and gallery, Brayer&Brush, in the Paseo District. Receiving the 2011 Michi Susan Award and other awards for her art, teaching is still her greatest joy and fuel for her personal works."

Win one of 3 No Days Prize Packs!

Head over to Facebook to enter to win a No Days Prize Pack!

We're celebrating summer with a No Days Giveaway! Head on over to our Facebook page to sign up and enter to win your choice of four prize packs. We'll be giving away a total of 3 Prize Packs, but one of those is exclusively for our No Days fans who get 2 of their friends to sign up, as well! That means even better odds of winning. The contest starts at noon PST on August 7th, 2013, and runs through noon PST on August 21st, 2013.

The No Days Glass Fusing prize pack includes:
No Days Thinfuse, No Days Liquid Fusing Adhesive,
No Days Heat Gun, and HoneyDoo Zuper Glue.

 

The No Days Jewelry Prize Pack includes:
glueFOIL, No Days Bailbond, No Days Heat Gun,
No Days Glass Fusing Squares and HoneyDoo Zuper Glue.

 The No Days Mosaic Prize Pack includes:
No Days Mosaic Adhesive film, No Days Q Stik Adhesive,
No Days Groutless Mosaic Adhesive and No Days Heat Gun.

The No Days Stained Glass Prize Pack includes:
No Days Glaze, No Days Pattern Cutters and No Days Heat Gun.

Featured Artist Nancy Keating of Mosaics Garden

    Nancy Keating discovered her passion for mosaics in 1997 and began her mosaic journey working with tradesmen and professional tile installers to gain technical expertise followed by intensive training at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, California to hone her artistic technique and mosaic craftsmanship. She has studied under renowned mosaic artists, including Laurel True and Isaiah Zagar.

No Days Featured Artist
Nancy Keating of Mosaics Garden

    Nancy's mosaic style is contemporary and marked by the festive use of vibrant colors, reflective textures and an occasional touch of whimsy. She is heavily influenced by her travels in the U.S. and abroad and she finds particular inspiration in the brightly colored mosaics of Antonio Gaudi of Barcelona, Spain. Nancy's works are mixed media, using an array of art glass, ceramics and recycled found objects. She works out of her Carmel, Indiana studio and has created countless mosaic pieces over the years, including public works of art and architectural residential installations.

Nancy is a Carmel Arts & Design Artisan, Indiana Glass Trail artist and a member of the Society of American Mosaic Artists. Her works can be found at ArtSplash Gallery in the Carmel Arts and Design District, area juried art shows and on her website, Mosaics Garden.

"Garden Window" by Nancy Keating
using No Days Mosaic Adhesive

 "I used No Days Mosaic Adhesive film for my piece, Garden Window. It was the first time using (No Days Instructor) Carrie's advice of prepping glass first by pre-melting the film. No Days is so much easier than the adhesives I have been using for glass on glass applications. Silicone is stinky and sticky on my fingers, and two part epoxy forces me to set really fast. So...Thanks, Streuter!"