My lovely friend, Freddie, suggested putting citrus fruit peel on top of a radiator to release the zingy smell and the end product, dried peel, gave me the idea for this children’s mosaic method. Smells great while you are making them too! You will need : Dried citrus peel. We used oranges, clementines, satsumas and […] Read more...
Caught in the act of mosaic making!
Here are some works currently being made by me and three of my students – two more students are just getting going so will post them soon. My current work – just for fun! Julia’s Freddie’s Jane’s They are all beginners in mosic – aren’t people’s creative minds and hands so amazing? Read more...
The Vandalism of Beauty
I met with mosaic artist, Gary Drostle yesterday to talk about helping out on this amazing, 50 foot mosaic project he is doing for the University of Iowa and as we were chatting I mentioned one of his public mosaics – one that, in my mind, is iconic. I say this because whenever I am […] Read more...
Creative life, creative hands
This blog straddles two distinct but intertwined aspects of my life – being a creative parent, mother and home maker and being a “Creative” – someone who has chosen a career shift which for me is into the world of mosaic art. On the whole, my posts reflect where my energy is going in a […] Read more...
‘Trusting the process’ & design choices in mosaic making
The weather is happening to us. It always does, I know, but when its this dramatic, you realise that the weather just happens to us. Any plans you may have had to work outdoors, travel here and there etc… are just stopped because we have been happened to. Apologies to you lovely folk in places […] Read more...
Milestones
It’s back! My mosaic coffee table (incidentally the first mosaic I ever made, about 9 years ago) has been returned to its place in the living room after a 3 year absence. The table was made with leftover tiles, to a geometric Islamic design and the legs are plant hangers turned upside down and painted […] Read more...
Mosaic picture frames for kids to make
This year I have been focusing on finding mosaic actvities for very young children to do – for fun and to learn some of the basics of mosaics (you are never too young…!). I have tagged them all under “pre-schoolers”, “children” and “craft” if you want to search the blog archive and the first 3 […] Read more...
Children’s Christmas Mosaics
Here’s a simple children’s activity for making some pretty decorations with a mosaic theme. I did this activity at an art and craft fair at the weekend and found that children from 3 upwards really enjoyed it and got absorbed in it. More mosaic activities for kids to make as presents coming up next week […] Read more...
What pulls you?
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...
A life well lived?
The mosaic making fest continues and I have popped in for lunch – one of my favourite meals of nice cheese and crackers (crumbs all over the keyboard…). Here’s one of the latest pieces. My dear husband has toddled off to Manchester this morning for his annual children’s lawyer conference – I miss him a […] Read more...