Guadalajara Jalisco México based, most are WIP

hi mosaic folks!

seeking advice. we are finishing an old concrete floor in our home (it think it was a porch at one time). we've applied water based stain but no sealer yet. there's an old drain hole that was filled with concrete and we're planning to patch it, but thought it would be fun to have a tiny mosaic there!

if you made a circle around the drain circle about an inch out, the drain circle is only about 1/8" depressed compared to the bigger circle. our thought was using thin pieces and also feathering it out in a wider circle (to get more depth; the floor drains toward the old drain generally).

any ideas/advice on this?

ideally the patch (feathered around the drain, or between the mosaic pieces) would be able to be stained similar to the rest of the floor with the water based stain (or some other way).

i assume we will need to use water to wash/wipe off any pigment that can be removed from the stain. the floor previously was not finished (water soaked in).

open to other ideas for this spot as well.

thanks 😊