Mosaic art that has been rolling of the Glittering Shards mosaic bench of late. I shall post more pics of new mosaics this week… “LOVE” 15cm x 20cm stained glass and tile on canvas…for sale. And a little note that I found written by our Toby this week – on the theme of love… …just […] Read more...
Learning mosaics and winning awards!
Hi folks! Its been a great few weeks here at Glittering Shards. A fantastic commission to restore a beautiful and historic mosaic fireplace made with semi-precious stones has been completed (hope to post pics soon). I am hugging my lovely Inland Diamond band saw that did its job beautifully because without it, this restoration […] Read more...
Mosaic of Morocco
A few weeks ago, I was invited by one of the worlds oldest travel agencies, Cox and Kings, to be part of a group of blogging artists who design a mosaic based on the theme of Morocco. There are five of us and we were all sent a range pictures for inspiration. I chose this […] Read more...
The making of the Topps Mosaic Tree
Ahhh.. the wonders of technology! I prepared a presentation of how the Topps Mosaic Tree was made, to show to people who came to the the Artists Open House the last two weekends (190 of you came to see my work! Wow! Thank you!!!). A quick google revealed that, rather than remaking the whole process […] Read more...
Topps Mosaic Tree Launched!
Here it is! The huge feature wall mosaic is now in its home in the Topps Tiles HQ in Leicester. It was wonderful to see the tree again yesterday at the unveiling and to hear stories of the impact the piece has had on staff… “amazing”, “magnificent”, “stunning” and “wow!’ are the adjectives being used […] Read more...
The wonderful Topps Tiles Mosaic Tree!
It starts with a possibility… …a concept…celebration, growth, the passing of time, establishing roots, a support system, growth bursting out, celebrating the beauty and history of materials from Topps Tiles, the UK’s largest tile retailer … …sketching, drawing …a vision in the minds eye… …then the hard work begins…turning the ethereal into the material… …handling […] Read more...
Nek Chand’s mosaic world in London!
I always tell people who come on my mosaic workshops about the wonderful work and world of Nek Chand. His work appeals to me for so many reasons. He is self taught. He just quietly got on with creating his mosaic village (now the most visited tourist site in India) for years before he was […] Read more...
Sneak preview…
Friends… …not enough time for words…working all hours, every weekend for the last 5 weeks, on a very large commission… …so I shall rely on pictures, some sneak previews instead… It’s a beauty! And it’s big…all will be revealed soon 🙂 Read more...
Mosaic for a Global Talent Search…
Hi Folks Sooooo much going on here…I am knee deep in an enourmous commission that is totally exciting …will share more pics soon… In the meantime, the first round of the Global Talent Search is underway… The brief was to create a piece of art with a playground theme as if it were a journal […] Read more...
Mosaics in the fast lane…
Folks, I feel like a neglectful blog mummy…its the longest gap in blogging since having children (and I promise I haven’t been..!) There has been so much wonderful work happening here in my little studio that I have had to totally focus on doing it rather than talking about what I am doing… I know […] Read more...