One of my pieces for the art fair this weekend has sold! This is very wonderful but I have to get my skates on and keep making as I am now one piece down and want to make sure I have enough beauties to sell (here’s hoping!). Sister Sun What really interested me about selling […] Read more...
Values, pricing and the safety of community
I spent a lovely evening with some of the other BAMM South London members a couple of nights ago and, yet again, I was struck by just how non-competitive, open and inclusive I have always found the mosaic community to be. We chewed over the perrenial issue of how to price our work and I […] Read more...
Creative learning
I have been doing an e-course run by the lovely Marisa at Creative Thursday, which came to an end as I sat in bed, convalescing and listening to the last week of pod casts. Marisa’s spirit has been just lovely: enabling, empowering and full of integrity. Her words have propelled me to continue down the […] Read more...
My new studio!
Walk with me… Through the door… See my new table where I will create… Here are some of the pretty tiles… And the table at the other end for the children, workshop students, for sewing and for Neil! Now, this beautiful space needs an improvement on the name “Shed”, don’t you think? Can anyone think […] Read more...
Studio love and ‘being the best’…
I am a tired bunny. Tired by wonderful stuff but tired nonetheless. I was so encouraged this morning to flick onto the international Contemporary Mosaic Art website and find my Moontree mosaic showcased on the front page. Big smile! I am too excited for words about the fact that my studio is now finished and […] Read more...
Motivation
I am currently part of an online creativity course called “In the Fishbowl” and in two weeks, I have been prompted to think (more than usual!) about what I do. Why do I create? Why do I love what I do? What does it say about me? What is success? I have curled up with […] Read more...
Passing it on
Friends kept asking me to run a workshop to teach them how to mosaic – this is something I have thought about doing and the request focused my mind and helped me turn the thought into action! Two weeks into the workshops (nice small class due to size of my workshop)and I am watching, quite […] Read more...
Slow progress
Back home and so happy to see the kids and Neil. Lots of hugging especially from Toby who jumped all over me! Very very wonderful. On the mosaic front, frustrating but fruitful. As I lay in bed last night I had the idea of repeating a similar swirly shape in the top right of the […] Read more...
Mosaic School Day Three
End of day three Can you see what I did today? I added a whole line of vermiculatum round two elements of my image. I am following the new rules of thumb – which includes doing one outline at a time (so tomorrow will start the third floaty leg you see!) and if I carry […] Read more...