16. Did you enjoy the making of the mosaic?

No.	Artist	Country	Response
4, 30, 245, 246	Jan Abbotts	Aust	Except for one piece yes, it was good fun and finding images on the NET to work on was good fun also.
12, 13	Janelle & Kirra Csurhes	Aust	Absolutely.
19, 101, 106, 123, 176, 180, 181	Donna Coogan & Family	USA	Donna (mosaic artist) - I did enjoy working on this project. I experienced some new learning curves, however. One was helping my family create their mosaics. Teaching them the specifics was very different from working alone. I explained safety features like using goggles and how to cut glass, and gave them tips on the spacing and flow of their tesserae and applying glue. Another new curve for me was working with vitreous glass. I normally work as a pique assiette mosaic artist and use broken plates, stained glass, porcelain pieces, etc. I also am not used to cutting the glass as small as I did for some of the mosaics, such as my 9yo son’s black racer snake and prefer working with larger pieces. Most of the mosaics I was working on or helping my family with fit on a piece of mesh about the size of a standard 8 ½” x 11” piece of paper. I normally work on something with more area, such as a table top, thus found this small footprint challenging. Another learning curve was creating wildlife creatures. My experience with mosaic art has been creating abstract or patterned designs for furniture pieces and home accessories. I found it very challenging to look at these mosaics and try to create a recognizable creature. The butterfly and squirrel were fun to create because they are creatures that I really enjoy seeing. The elephant was fun, because it was inspired by my youngest child and its design and cheerful colors remind me of his playful personality. John (husband)- Absolutely! Aren't butterflies way cool! They're like little blips of color, randomly traveling through our world. Seth (19yo) - Yes, it was fun. It was tricky to get the hang of, but once I got going it was fun thinking about how different shapes and colors would affect the way the outcome would look. Laryssa (17yo) - Yes. Because I’ve never tried it before. Cory (12yo) - Yes. I don't really know why. It's just fun. Kinda like doing a very hard puzzle. Shane (9yo) - Yes. I'm not sure why, though.
24, 175, 207	Liz, Matt & Alannah Greenham	Aust	Yes, very much
25, 26	Carolyn Crawford	USA	Yes.
27, 28	Veronica Schubert	Aust	I did enjoy making the mosaic, it was fun playing with the shading and the mosaic sort of flowed, at the time of making it, it gave me something to focus on, and forget the everyday things.
29	Valerie Fuqua	USA	Definitely!
34	Nancy Neubauer	USA	Yes, although there were some times while I was cutting the glass that I got a bit stressed about it.
78	Hilde Hader	Canada	Very much.
87, 88	Karen & Laura Apolloni	USA	Yes, very much.
150	Peggy L. Brown	USA	Yes.
167	Jan Stiffler	USA	Yes, extremely satisfying. I had not made a glass detailed piece before.
179	Christine Brallier	USA	I loved creating her and I sure hated parting with her, but am happy to know many will enjoy her on the other side of the world from me!
183, 184	Linda L Phillabaum	USA	Greatly.
193, 209	Dianne Schnarr	New Zealand	Most definitely. It was great to have a project to work on with meaning and purpose to it.
199	Christine McKenzie	New Zealand	Yes, of course, what a crazy question to ask an addict!
202	Carolyn and Anna Talarr	USA	Carolyn - // Um, yes J when I could conquer the self-doubt. Anna - Of course I did!
206	Liz Brazelton	USA	Yes.
210, 211	Caroline Kovacs	Aust	Yes I enjoyed making the mosaic very much. I love mosiacing and it was the first time I have made something for a group project.
212, 215	June Johnstone	Aust	I had the best time possible in those two days and got out of a lot of farm work.!!!!!!!!
213	Sandy Ozols	Aust	Absolutely
233	Denny Nkemontoh	USA	Yes, immensely. The research was fun too. Also the vet across the street got into it and brought me over several books on Australian animals (She has an ark full of animals in her home.)
235	Michelle Curow (aka Dotty Marzipan)	Canada	Of course, I love anxiety (see question 14).
236	Dotti Stone	USA	Oh Yes!!
239	Deborah Boyd	USA	It was so fun working on the mosaic.. If I didn't have to work in the morning I would have stayed up all night working on it.
240, 241, 242, 243, 244	Lynne Mosiman	USA	All four of us loved making our mosaics.
247, 248	Tracey Holland (mrsdutchy)	Aust	I really did enjoy it, it was great to do something different that I wouldn’t normally do and it’s for such a great thing.
250	Wendy Clayton-Langley	USA	Yes.
249, 251	Maria Kokkoris	Aust	Yes, it was beautiful to share the project with mosaic krazy friends.
	Berta Sergeant	USA	Absolutely, and I can’t wait to see it finished!!!!!
	Carol Shelkin	USA	Yes, this was a wonderful experience. In fact, I personally haven’t stopped making mosaics since…I’m hooked.