The kids wasted no time painting a few tiles of their own….  Just some brushes, glaze, some 6×6 bisque tiles, and away we go!

Hand prints are one of my favorite things to do with kids.  Its simple, its fun to get messy, and they really mark time in a special way.  Its a little time capsule that they can look back on for the rest of their life.  I always use low-fire glazes for this kind of thing, to protect the print while firing. 

These kids are nearly pros!  They said that they had seen my “Sassy Linda” episode, on HGTV, over 50 times!  And they wanted to help finish their very own Sassy Family Caricature.  First off, everyone took a turn mixing the grout.

You have to be sure to sponge the grout on thoroughly….

This is perhaps the most exciting part of the process– its when the piece really comes to life! It also takes a lot of elbow grease….How wonderful to have these helpers!

She’s so cute, I can barely stand it!

Here is the finished piece…. And the hand prints, after they got fired!

I just finished creating the border for the conch shell mosaic! Just like the shell, its on mesh, broken up into 4 separate pieces. All that’s left now is installation! I can’t wait! I’ll be sure to post a picture of the finished bathroom so you can see how it all comes together.

After visiting the Getty Villa: Stories in Stone Exhibit featuring masterpieces from the National Museums of Tunisia, with my dear friend Jane Ann Stewart (The brilliant and fantastic production designer from such films as Sideways, Election, & The Family Stone), we decided to create a small and simple mosaic in this style and technique for her bathroom.

Many of those ancient mosaics were of objects and creatures from the natural world, and Jane has a special connection with conch shells (every since she was a little girl), so that’s what I am making for her.  

Here is the shell on mesh.  I am waiting on some special blue tiles, on back order, that I will incorporate into the background and boarder.  We want the blue to connect with the blue in her swimming pool, since this bathroom is just off the pool.  

Stay tuned for updates as I complete the piece and install it into her lovely new bathroom!

Well, we’ve been working nearly round the clock, trying to get the site up… and it’s starting to come together. The store is working, and prints will be in their soon– so hang in there.Thanks so much for everyone’s excitement and encouragement! More to come!

Check out what I found at cnn.com about the auction. 

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) – Heavy metal fans aren’t usually seen making bids at high-end auctions, but they turned out in numbers to snatch up a coat with embroidered bats, sneakers with skulls on them and other items put up for sale by Ozzy Osbourne.“We had Ozzy fans bidding against these sophisticated fine art buyers, which you don’t see every day,” said Darren Julien, whose company, Julien’s Auctions, ran the charity sale Friday and Saturday. “For the most part the metalheads were outbidding the art crowd.”

Bidders came from as far as Germany to try to buy belongings from the Beverly Hills mansion formerly owned by the rocker and former star of “The Osbournes” reality show

The auction brought in $800,000 — more than twice the amount Julien predicted. All proceeds from the sale go to The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 

Here’s the Ebay listing. Go ahead place your bid:

Description:
OSBOURNE: A TIFFANY MILLER CERAMIC MOSAIC TILE PLAQUE
Featuring a portrait of Ozzy and Sharon. Mounted on painted wooden support. Signed by Tiffany Miller on reverse. 24 by 8 inches

Notes:
To order your fully-illustrated color catalogue featuring more than 500 lots of memorabilia, jewelry, costumes, paintings, furniture and decorative works of art from the Osbourne’s Gothic style home in Beverly Hills, their Shabby Chic Malibu home and their Buckinghamshire mansion in England for $50.00 please email info@juliensauctions.com or call 310-836-1818. A portion of the proceeds being donated to benefit The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Founded by Sharon to improve the lives of cancer patients and their loved ones, the Foundation provides at-home help, childcare, transportation, access to support groups and patient care services offered within Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. This high quality catalogue features full color images of all lots in this sale along with descriptions and quotes from Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. A limited number of catalogues have been printed for this auction.

In case you missed it, I’ve also been featured in In Touch Magazine and the front page of the LA Times Style section!

The news has now broken on MTV! Here’s part of what they said:

Later this month, Julien’s Auctions, an auction house that specializes in high-profile celebrity and entertainment auctions, will be taking over the Gibson Guitar Showroom in Beverly Hills, California, filling the space with more than 500 items from the “Osbourne Collection,” a veritable treasure trove of Ozzy Osbourne memorabilia that’s sure to attract followers of the self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness, as well as fans of the Osbournes’ eponymous reality-television series.

Read more from MTV

Here’s a link to a pic

So strange things happen. . . We are starting the redesign of the new site when the news breaks about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Auction to benefit colon research. Suddenly the “Sassy Couple” Mosaic that they commissioned from me is on the auction block.

Check out this link

and this one

This is from the UK MSN site:

Are you a fan of the Osbournes? Ever wanted to buy yourself a little piece of Sharon or Ozzy? Well now you can! The Osbourne family is auctioning off 500 items from their Beverly Hills and Buckinghamshire homes, including gothic furniture, items of clothing and one-off collectables. Goodies up for grabs include Ozzy’s leather trousers, Sharon’s wigs and jewellery, beds that once belonged to Kelly and Jack, and the quad bike that Ozzy fell off in 2003, sustaining serious injuries. Check out the gallery for what’s on offer - the live auction takes place on November 30 at juliensauctions.com.