In 2002, a premier Northshore kitchen designer came to Elisa's studio. During the course of his visit he commented on how well one of Elisa's paintings could translate into glass. He was fascinated by the stained glass windows Elisa had already created and he started toying with an idea. After several visits to the studio the designer asked Elisa if she could translate a painting into a medium that would withstand water and other foreign materials to its surface. Elisa had created such a piece over ten years earlier. She had taken ceramic tile, breaking it up in small pieces and glued it to plexiglass. These ceramic mosaics were drawn from her paintings and they had held up quite well.

She wanted a different feel to these new pieces so she created her first glass mosaic and he was thrilled. That first mosaic is still installed in his store. The store is DDK Kitchen Design Group in Glenview.

          
     
   This is a 22"by 12"mosaic
 created to be hung and
 then removed from the
 wall.  With this design,
 Elisa was able to satisfy
 those clients that wanted
 the ability to remove the
 artwork at any time, 
 instead of having it 
 permanently mounted to the 
 wall.              This is a 18"by 18"mosaic
 created to fit the 
 specifications originally
 given by Dan Thompson 
 from DDK Kitchens.
 A picture of the final 
 installation can be 
 seen at DDK in Glenview.

           This is a 22"by 18"mosaic
 created to fit a kitchen in
 Wilmette.  Elisa worked 
 with the homeowner and
 Interior Designer Brooke
 Kelly to get the look they
 wanted to achieve.

                          

                           

       This is a 14"by 18"mosaic
 created to be hung on the 
 wall instead of permanently
 installed. 
             This is a 20"by 24"mosaic
created to hang anywhere 
one would choose.
   Notice the tumbled marble
 tile used as a frame.  
                   This is a 32" by 32" mosaic
designed specifically for 
installation behind a range. 
It looks amazing!
     

 



        
        This is a 20" by 20" mosaic

               This is a 31" by 28" mosaic.
The owners decided to place it
over the fireplace. They have
had nothing but compliments!
 
     

           
       This is the display installation at DDK Kitchen.
This mosaic has been permanently mounted to
the wall and then the tile installer framed it out with
a granite frame and continued with a granite
field of tile.
             This mosaic has become the focal point in a
beautiful new kitchen.
                   
           
      Created in 2002, to cover the
 industrial style windows that 
 make up the front of the gallery,
 this 8 foot by 8 foot glass
 mosaic was created in 6 panels.
 Each panel is 32" by 46".  There
 are over 5000 pieces of glass
 in this work. Price $60,000.00.
             Detail of the Angel.


 

     Large window commissioned
 for town home in the Glen, 
 Glenview.




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