I was wondering if that was TG....can see it real well now.
It's such a pretty, pretty tray!

OOOOHHH, so pretty. Love the tempered glass. Great job!

You go grl. That is neat the way you did that. I love it. You did a beautiful job.

Nice! I'm so glad you posted with us!!! A Perfect job as usual!!! Thanks for the info, it sure seems to work good that way!The crash glass just sets the carnival glass off and really shows off the plates that way too! Makes a great background!!! I gotta try that! I work at a recycling center where we recycle paper, plastic,glass,wood,yard waste etc etc...and everytime I work(I work in the thrift store part)I see crash glass, and plates, and just everything needs to be mosaiced!!!!)

What a lovely, lovely tray, Nice! You've absolutely transformed it!!! Thanks for sharing your technique. One day I want to try the indirect methods.
Love the colors, too!
Katie

The colors and textures are wonderful!
I have yet to try this method, sure worked well for this piece.

thank you all for your comments. I had ruled out crash glass when I realized it would have to be thinset to level it and I couldn't paint a color under it, THEN I came across my stash of blue TG and WAH LAH SOLUTION!!!! lol

I have another tray and this time I'm going to try to do the reverse indirect all proper like and see what thats like and it its totally level afterward

I was so inspired that yesterday when Klinger and I were out thrift storing, I was on the hunt for nice dishes to use!!!(like I don't have stacks already!lol)(What are the initials for for the blue you used?)

oh sorry, TG - tempered glass/ crash glass.

you job sounds so tempting, you should teach classes there and create a whole bunch of plate and glass recyclers!

I have been lurking for awhile, I am wondering if you did it in reverse? Your work space looks like mine. lol

G'mornin' NT. I've been AWOL for awhile. I love your tray. You're such an inspiration on trying new things. I love the way you seek new ways of creating such wonderful stuff. BEAUTIFUL tray.

Hey Slow, I've missed you... were you off for your GD's birthday? loved the gift you made her! Thankyou.

Breakdishes, I didn't create in reverse as I think I would need to have a pattern to follow - to feel confident in what I can't see. But it did get turned upside down on the sticky tape when I lifted it (or actually turned it out)

LOL my work space is always such a disaster!

Oh, that is a tray I would love to own. What beautiful colors you chose! I just love it. Can you tell me what reverse indirect is? Thanks for telling us how you layed it out, taped it and then turned it. I learn something every day here. How fun. The tray is really beautiful.

daisyme, indirect mosaic is the process of building/glueing your tessera on mesh 1st, then appling it all together on the substrate. so reverse indirect is gluing your tessera UPSIDE DOWN on paper which is later soaked off after you place it altogether on your substrate. It can sometimes involve PREGROUTING while upside down to insure thinset doesn't leak through your grout lines during placement...

Beautiful tray! I love the combination of materials & the colors, congrats.

oooo! all the pieces are so different yet it looks so coordinated! I love the color scheme :)