Billie Eilish "Ocean Eyes" - Morse-Code Mosaic

"Ocean Eyes" is created from a 2021 Vogue photo of Billie Eilish (Ocean Eyes is her lead single from the 2017 LP "Don't Smile at Me").  This mosaic piece is made from 100% Zero-Waste wood using Peruvian Walnut, African Edinam, American Cherry, Beech and Hard Maple species that are remnants from the milling of wood used to create frame molding (I have created hundreds of Zero-Waste wood frames).  Wood species were selected specifically to create natural hue and value shifts in defining her portrait. 

This piece made up of roughly 450 individual pieces that were clear coated to enhance the beauty of the various wood species - each piece was first cut, sanded, and assembled by hand, then mounted in a custom, solid American Cherry, shadowbox frame.

I call it a "Morse-Code Mosaic" because rather than being made up from "dots", this piece is created with dots and dashes (of wood).

Framed size is 21.5" x 21.5" x 2"