Make a Coffee Bean Mosaic

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A friend of mine asked me to make some artwork to put up on the walls of his coffee shop! I have been really excited to get started on these pieces and I have a few different ideas I would like to try out. The first one is this Coffee Bean Mosaic. It isn't like the traditional mosaics that you will see online in that I have painted over all of the coffee beans instead of using their natural colour. Thanks so much for watching! xo Steph :)

CreativeGeek says: May 9, 2013. 6:19 AM

You can do a lot with beans, dried pasta, whatever, actually. :)

brightidealita says: Apr 17, 2013. 4:50 PM

Thank you for a great idea. My daughter and I will have fun for the rest of the year making mosaics for our home. The smell of coffee is always so welcoming.

cluster expressie says: Jan 7, 2013. 5:53 AM

Very beautiful, but I wonder why you need to paint everything first? Because at the end you don't see the painting anymore....

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to cluster expressieJan 14, 2013. 8:35 PM

The base paint does help the overall effect of it because you can actually see in between all the beans when it's finished - I know it's hard to tell from the picture, but thanks for checking out my ible and commenting! :)

marcellahella says: Dec 8, 2012. 2:05 PM

this is cool!

lmnopeas says: Sep 30, 2012. 4:29 PM

Wow! What a beautiful and clever piece!

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to lmnopeasOct 3, 2012. 10:07 AM

Thanks!! :)))

shazni says: Oct 2, 2012. 7:23 PM

this looks really nice! in fact beautiful!

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to shazniOct 3, 2012. 10:07 AM

Thank you so much!! :)

sabu.dawdy says: Sep 24, 2012. 6:25 AM

a beauty ;)

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to sabu.dawdySep 25, 2012. 1:09 PM

Thanks! :)

Joshblake says: Sep 12, 2012. 6:03 AM

That's awesome! What a cool idea! :)

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to JoshblakeSep 17, 2012. 12:50 PM

Thanks so much Josh! :)

sunshiine says: Aug 14, 2012. 8:07 PM

I am not an artist but I think I could do this! Thanks for sharing you hard work! Have a splendorous day!
Sunshiine

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to sunshiineAug 17, 2012. 12:54 PM

Thanks Sunshiine! :)

ravenking says: Aug 17, 2012. 10:27 AM

What a great idea!

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to ravenkingAug 17, 2012. 12:54 PM

I'm so glad you liked it! To be honest though, I can't see myself making another one - it took a really long time! :)

Thrasym says: Aug 15, 2012. 11:40 AM

Taking a break to smell the beans for a while made me laugh more than a little.

Also enjoyed the project, turned out nice.

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to ThrasymAug 17, 2012. 12:53 PM

Lol, thanks so much for watching it! :)

Tkdwn says: Aug 15, 2012. 5:14 AM

That's grate!
You are talented :P

StuffStephMakes (author) in reply to TkdwnAug 17, 2012. 12:53 PM

Thank you so much! :)

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StuffStephMakes Stephanie Prentice

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