Tag Archives: Mosaic Project

8 Bit Art – Sunbeam

Posted on May 13, 2011 by 8bitliving

It’s been a while since my last post.  I spent the past week testing out a new base – which unfortunately didn’t work out. Because I ran out of wall space I had to remove “Duck Hunt” – which was … Continue reading →

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More Pixels, More Problems…

Posted on April 6, 2011 by 8bitliving

After much procrastination, I went ahead and manufactured 4 more 24×24 inch “grids”.  I installed 2 on either side of my existing 4×4′ square – effectively doubling the size.  Moving forward, I’ll dub this installation “Double Wide.”  After my new … Continue reading →

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Space Invaders

Posted on March 22, 2011 by 8bitliving

I’ll spare the details, but I made another trip to Home Depot,  got some more paint samples and painted some a few new batches of squares.  Because the first Mario’s colors were kind of weird, I wanted to change it … Continue reading →

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New Wood Tiles

Posted on March 7, 2011 by 8bitliving

Just got some new wood tiles in the mail today.  I had already gotten some samples of some pretty nice “rounded” squares but I wasn’t sure if rounded corners were really the way to go.  Even though the squared corners … Continue reading →

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Flex Iron aka Rubber Steel

Posted on March 1, 2011 by 8bitliving

I’ve been struggling for a while thinking about what would make the best base for my mosaic tiles.  It must be: Magnetic Cheap Preferably lightweight Finding this combination hasn’t been easy.  I could buy a 4×4 piece of steel for … Continue reading →

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The Mosaic Project

Posted on February 26, 2011 by 8bitliving

This probably should have been my first post… Do you grow bored with your apartment furnishings and decorations – perhaps changing them frequently? Do you consider your self “artistically inclined”? Are you a do it yourself-er? Did you grow up … Continue reading →

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