Blue Ammonite Mini Mosaic Bird Bath

Blue Ammonite Mini Mosaic Bird Bath

This is another smaller sized bird bath. I had already designed a 25cm version of a stylised ammonite fossil bed. This is a 19cm bird bath with a single blue ammonite design in the centre. The tile colours used in the ammonite are shades of blue and turquoise, including translucent dark turquoise, and a sapphire blue iridescent tiles. The surrounding tiles are a light stone grey which gives the impression of the rock of a fossil bed.

Ammonite Fossil Bed Mosaic Garden Bird Bath

25cm Ammonite Bird Bath

The larger 25cm bird bath has more ammonites showing and partially showing through the grey rock bed, made with mid grey tiles. These ammonites are in shades of green, and grey blue, and also include translucent and iridescent tiles to add interest and depth the the design.

Both bird baths qualify for the Birds and Bees Deal discount.

Folksy Handmade - Ammonites

Seems like Ammonites inspire a lot of people, not just me. There is something very pleasing about their shape. Not quite symmetrical, but there's a start and end, and you can wind or unwind as your eye pleases. Plus, it gives me a chance to select a palette of colours to create each one, which is something that I always enjoy doing. Pattern and colour all in one. My favourites. So for this week's Folksy Friday I have a whole fossil bed of Ammonites. (If you're off on holiday to one of the fossil beaches around the country, good luck.)

*** Folksy Handmade - Ammonites ***





Top Row (Left to Right)

Sterling Silver Ammonite Stud Earrings, by Deborah Jones Jewellery

Sterling Silver Ammonite Pendant, by Symbolic Jewellery UK

Leaded Glass Ammonite Panel, by Claire Seeley Glass Design

Middle Row (Left to Right)

Ammonite Verdigri Glazed Ceramic Bowl, by Little Brick House

Handmade Ammonite Ceramic Brooch, by Lauramics

Bronze Ammonite Paper-Weight, by Boyd Brooks Design

Bottom Row (Left to Right)

Earring Wire Wrapped Bronze Freshwater Pearl, by Blue Forest Jewellery

Cufflinks with Ammonites Fossils, by Off the Cuff

Fossil Wall Art Clock, by Linda Connelly Enamels and Jewellery

Ammonite Fossil Mosaic Garden Bird Bath



Ammonite Fossil Mosaic Garden Bird Bath




Ammonite Fossil Mosaic Garden Bird Bath




I've always liked the shape of ammonites, and would love to find a real one on a beach. If you're the same, but like me probably never will find one, you could always have a mini fossil bed of them in your garden with this Ammonite Fossil Mosaic Bird Bath. The ammonites are stylised and made using shades of green and blue-greys. The tile colours include; mint, jade, and sea greens, blue-greys, iridised teal which shines with metallic rainbow, and translucent teal glass which gives the design depth.

It would make a great gift for a gardener, or fossil lover, or just anyone that likes wildlife, and garden birds. Or, of course, for you.

The Jurrasic Coast In Your Garden



Fossil Mosaic Garden Bird Water Bath




Fossil Mosaic Garden Bird Water Bath


This Fossil bird bath has a mosaic design of an Ammonite Fossil  at the bottom, and I've surrounded it with grey tiles to respresent the rock it might have been encased in. When the bath is filled with water I think it will look like a rock pool from the Jurrasic Coast. Because the tiles have been cut very thinly they are laying at different heights to each other which gives the surface a slightly undulating effect which adds to the fossil's texture.