For this piece I went on the direction of an empty plate meaning skipping a meal based on eat disorders. Feeling to fat or not confident with how you look in a mirror. I decided for this piece that I will use empty plates as the tiles for the mosaic. For each color plate I had to smash it into different sizes. The white plates had to be little pieces, the blue plates could be larger pieces. I then proceeded to hot glue the pieces down, once I had the blues and whites down I thought that it could use another color for the middle of the piece. I ended up going with a yellow, thinking it really flowed with the blues. For the very, very middle someone gave me the idea of using a mirror. I went with that idea thinking it would be cool to see yourself reflected back showing this could be you.
I used concrete instead of grout, only because I didn't have access to grout at the time. It was a long and messy process but i got the hang of it. After the concrete set I realized the color of it clashed poorly with the piece. So, I went back with paint and dyed the concrete. Also the words in the middle didn't stand out like they should have so I thought it would help pronounce the piece even further.
I used concrete instead of grout, only because I didn't have access to grout at the time. It was a long and messy process but i got the hang of it. After the concrete set I realized the color of it clashed poorly with the piece. So, I went back with paint and dyed the concrete. Also the words in the middle didn't stand out like they should have so I thought it would help pronounce the piece even further.