For my garden I cast mushrooms in concrete using molds which I make and break with each piece so that no two sculptures are alike. Then the stems and tops are individually sculptured, adding more individual character.

A neighbor's broken bowl with a menu in French, a ceramic chef, a tile with pork cuts in French and other food related images on thrift store finds all coalesce in a mosaic in the pique assiette"style.

Implied in the title "Take the Cannoli," rendered in Italian in the mosaic, is the directive "Leave the Gun."  The Godfather got it right in this era of too many weapons and not enough sweetness.

An authentic 11th Century bronze Byzantine cross from Asia Minor dominates this osaic alluding to the Biblical story of the Betrayal of Jesus.  Thirty 4th and 5th Century Roman coins spill from the rocks below the cross.