February 7th, 2010 by Ron Branch

My wife and business partner Micky has finished her first mosaic.

She did a great job, but is disappointed in how long it took. I’m going to do my best to get her to do more. Her hands are very gifted in whatever she works on. If she does a few more I’m sure she’ll come up with plenty of tricks for speed, and I’ll never be able to keep up with her.

Her next project will be even more ambitious – five stained glass windows for the “Farm Cafe” in Portland Oregon which she will be starting in about a week. I’ll be doing a little photo spread of the process as it unfolds here on the website.

February 5th, 2010 by Ron Branch

I got a chance to do something in stone today. This was the fourth pet grave marker I’ve done in about a month.

I like working with stone so much that I think I will actively market this particular product as best I can to the Vancouver area. I’m not yet sure what the best way to do this would be. Probably brochures in pet stores or a small add in the paper? I like that it helps someone who is in pain. The marker is a physical and symbolic statement; it says, “you were important to me, and I’m never going to forget you”.