This portrait was created using thousands of individually hand cut pieces of art glass. The process began with a photo shoot with a local model. After selecting the "right" image from the many photos, I used it to hand draw the portrait onto a large lightweight backer board. The next step was to select the glass and begin the lengthy process of cutting the small pieces and fitting them onto the hand drawn image. With the hair, I employed a different technique not typically used in mosaic art. I used traditional stained glass fabrication techniques of cutting and grinding the glass to fit the pattern...in this case the pattern being the flowing hair. The final part of the process was to grout the entire piece. It is framed in a black floating frame and is ready to hang.