12. How long have you been making mosaics?

No.	Artist	Country	Response
4, 30, 245, 246	Jan Abbotts	Aust	I have probably been doing mosaics for 6-7 years now but only on a very limited basis.
12, 13	Janelle & Kirra Csurhes	Aust	This is Kirra’s first real mosaic. I did my first about two and a half years ago. I have sooo much to learn.
19, 101, 106, 123, 176, 180, 181	Donna Coogan & Family	USA	Donna - I’ve been making pique assiette mosaics since 2004. This was my family’s first experience creating a mosaic.
24, 175, 207	Liz, Matt & Alannah Greenham	Aust	A few years.
25, 26	Carolyn Crawford	USA	Eight months.
27, 28	Veronica Schubert	Aust	I’ve been making mosaics for about 4-5 years off and on.
29	Valerie Fuqua	USA	6 years
34	Nancy Neubauer	USA	A little over 2 years.
78	Hilde Hader	Canada	About 4 years.
87, 88	Karen & Laura Apolloni	USA	This is our first serious effort.
150	Peggy L. Brown	USA	Eight months.
167	Jan Stiffler	USA	Six months.
179	Christine Brallier	USA	Since May of 2005.
183, 184	Linda L Phillabaum	USA	Three months.
193, 209	Dianne Schnarr	New Zealand	I have been doing some sort of mosaic most of my life. As a child I made paper mosaic but I didn’t start using tiles and found objects until the past 4 years.
199	Christine McKenzie	New Zealand	Four years on and off – recently it is all on.
202	Carolyn and Anna Talarr	USA	Carolyn - This is my first mosaic anyone outside the family has ever seen, and my second mosaic project overall. Not my last, though :) Anna - This is my first one EVER!
206	Liz Brazelton	USA	Since 2004.
210, 211	Caroline Kovacs	Aust	I have been mosiacing for a year and a half.
212, 215	June Johnstone	Aust	About three years just playing round with old tiles.
213	Sandy Ozols	Aust	Made about 4 projects in my life then started after Brisbane course & this could go on for many years.
233	Denny Nkemontoh	USA	About three years.
235	Michelle Curow (aka Dotty Marzipan)	Canada	About 12, 13years, but it’s always been decorative pieces such as mirrors, vases, candle holders, chalk boards, planting pots and house plaques. I used to follow the Arts & Crafts mentality of anything of use should be beautiful and anything beautiful should be of some use. That’s starting to fall away now though. Sometimes, I like to simply make something beautiful for beauty’s sake.
236	Dotti Stone	USA	3 years.
239	Deborah Boyd	USA	I have been doing mosaics since I was about 7 years old. My first was a Angel fish swimming.. After that I was hooked. lol
240, 241, 242, 243, 244	Lynne Mosiman	USA	Lynne made her first mosaic 3 or 4 years ago. Naomi and Emily each made their first mosaic in 2006, and Irene made her first mosaic for the mural in 2007.
247, 248	Tracey Holland (mrsdutchy)	Aust	I started about 4 or 5 years ago, my sis in law got me into it. I then got preg in mid 2005 and didn’t do much during my pregnancy at all then it all came to a standstill until a couple of weeks ago now ya can’t stop me!! I have my passion for smashin back again!!!
250	Wendy Clayton-Langley	USA	Not very long.
249, 251	Maria Kokkoris	Aust	Seven years.
	Berta Sergeant	USA	Since May of 2005.
	Carol Shelkin	USA	I made one several years ago. This was my second mosaic, and first with mesh and with the children.