Or asked another way, how much fun do you allow yourself to have? I’m a hard working kind of girl and often get teased by my beloved for being too serious. A ‘World on My Shoulders‘ kind of thing has been at work through most of my adult life – a tendency to focus on [...] Read more...
More community mosaics in the making…
I am currently facilitating another wonderful community mosaic project at St Nick’s Children’s Centre in Bedfordshire. What a lovely group of people to be working with – mostly mums and little ones (who spread cement on the pavers with great enthusiasm!). These six large (60 x 60) pavers are being transformed into mini beasts to [...] Read more...
At last…mosaic insects on the wall!
The culmination of a 3 month mosaic marathon…the sun shone, the sky was blue and the insects arrive to their final home. Big smiles… I have now added the photos and close ups of all the mosaics in this series to the gallery if you want to browse them all… Read more...
And so it begins…
One big mosaic project draws to a close just as another begins…with some overlap that makes the task of managing motherhood, art and business a little tricky. In reality, I get done all that I need to (with my perfectionist streak at work!) but often at the cost of balance to my own life. Exercise [...] Read more...
Giant insects land in south London!
The sun shone as we installed the giant mosaic insects at the Wandsworth Years Early Years Centre – the culmination of a wonderful community mosaic project that I have co-ordinated in the last 4 months. Our toes and fingers were frozen after 3 hours of working outdoors on a cold London December morning, but it [...] Read more...
Giant mosaic insects – together at last!
There is so much to say about the community mosaic project with the Wandsworth Early Years Centre…like how amazing, dedicated and enthusiastic the kids, parents and staff were. But for now, I will let pictures do the talking. This week, the insects have been scrubbed, scraped and re-scrubbed so that they shimmer (hard to avoid [...] Read more...
Flying mosaics..!
My latest mosaic commission is finished and flying to their new owners. I have loved working with these colours, combining vitreous goldlink tiles, glitter mosaic tiles, coloured mirror, iridescent nuggets. I get a kick out of combining mosaic materials in just the right way…and was sad to see them go. I am typing this [...] Read more...
Mosaic & that special something….an opportunity for you!
There is something special about making mosaic art. If you have already been captivated, you will know what I am talking about. If you have not come under its spell, let me explain. Mosaic making has some (almost mystical) ability to take us beyond ourselves and into ourselves, both at the same time. In connecting [...] Read more...
Mosaic heart & art course winners & community mosaic fun!
Normally I blog at least once a week, but I hope you will forgive me for the longer than normal gap….it has just been so lovely to read your comments after the launch of my new site – all your words have been truly received. I have been touched by the feedback (both on and [...] Read more...
A HUGE welcome!
Truly huge! About 3 1/2 metres long… Last week saw the launch of the mosaic Welcome project I facilitated with Wandsworth Social Services, here in South London. The pictures say it all….and there were lots of smiling little faces (not shown due to confidentiality, though you can see my little smiler who came along to [...] Read more...
