November 24, 2013 at 5:37 pm

Artistic Mom Makes Amazing Mosaic with 10,000 ‘Dots’ of Play-Doh

by twistedsifter

 

One day, artist and mother of three Lacy Knudson was playing with Play-Doh with her children when she serendipitously mixed some colours together and made her first ‘dot’. It dawned on her that these dots could be a creative way to make art and still be with her children at the same time. Play-Doh mosaics, or Dozayix were born.

The artwork A New World was made from seventy-five 5oz jars, or 23 lbs of play doh. Each dot is about 0.5 inches (smaller than a penny) and Lacy used roughly 10,000 of them to create the amazing mosaic below. It was her first artwork completed in this style and she has since created two more pieces which you can find on her website where you can also find links to prints and greeting cards available for sale.

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Lacy Knudson
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While playing with her 3 kids, Lacy noticed
that you could mix play-doh colours together like paint

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (2)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

Lacy started to create ‘dots’ of
mixed play-doh colours to make a mosaic

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (3)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

She decided to recreate one of her own paintings
A New World

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (1)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
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Lacy was going to need a lot more ‘dots’…

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Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

A lot more!

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Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

The mosaic begins

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Artwork by Lacy Knudson
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And slowly…

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Artwork by Lacy Knudson
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Starts to take shape

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (9)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

So many dots…

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (10)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

Almost complete!

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Artwork by Lacy Knudson
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The artwork measures 48 x 72 in (122 x 183 cm)

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Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

Voila

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Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

Lacy uses resin to keep all of the dots in place

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (12)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

The finished mosaic weighs about 75 pounds!

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (14)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

A New World by Lacy Knudson
48 x 72 in (122 x 183 cm)

play doh mosaic artwork lacy knudson dozayix (15)

Artwork by Lacy Knudson
Website | Facebook | Prints

 

 

 

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