Could this be our first ever white Christmas? It is snowing as I type. Our usually, dull, grey, damp London is looking like something out of a Dickensian novel… and we are loving it. All of us are now on holiday (yippee!) and I am finally catching up on the backlog that built up due […] Read more...
Online mosaic exhibition…just for you!
Photo’s can never do mosaics justice…its all about texture, touch and reflectivity and its hard to capture these elements in pictures. Nonetheless, here’s a snapshot (pardon the pun!) into my first solo exhibition which ran for two weeks and finished on December 11th. My ‘real’ visitors book is full of wonderful comments, a testament to […] Read more...
Celebrating….big achievements, small steps and possibilities!
October and November… …made about 30 new pieces of wall art, 30 items of jewellery, 15 3-d mosaic pieces …designed and distributed over 1000 postcards and 200 posters advertising my first solo show …sent a multitude of emails and forum posts to tell people about it ..worked 12 solid hours setting up the gallery Five […] Read more...
Getting ready for Advent…
Advent, as you may know, is all about getting ready…so this post is about getting ready for getting ready! This is another one from the archive…a fantastic activity which we enjoyed so much as a family and the children still talk about it and remember it a year on. So, as its 2 weeks to […] Read more...
My Mosaic Exhibition in London…and online!
I close my eyes at night and see tiles dancing. It feels as though every waking moment not devoted to my children is currently devoted to making mosaic art for my forthcoming exhibition. And to this, I would like to warmly invite you! If you live far, far away, I will be having an online […] Read more...
Your footprints in my soul…
A dear friend of mine is pregnant with her first baby and sent me her first scan pic the other day. Got me indulgently reminiscing, as one does, and flexing my other artistic muscle, the writing one, which is deep within me and goes back a long way. She will be five soon, I can’t […] Read more...
A very special commission…
I must have looked strange, armed with a step ladder, a camera and two children in tow. Standing in the middle of a cemetery, looking… Finally, we found what we came for, the grave of a dear man, Gerald, who died too young leaving behind two young children (one yet to be born) and […] Read more...
Art making and The Big Silence
I have been art making all week…tired, happy and frustrated as I always think I can achieve more in a day than I actually can (why is that? anyone else have this weird perception of time?!) As I work, I normally flit between listening to music on the iPod to talk radio (BBC Radio 2, […] Read more...
A creative space…near you?
I was contacted a few weeks ago by a lovely lady, Debra, who runs a place nearby in East Sheen, called the Artyard, asking if I was interested in running some mosaic workshops. I clicked on the Artyard website and immediately started doing internal skips and hops of excitement! One real time visit yesterday with […] Read more...
Celebrating steps on the creative path
Hello lovely blog readers…happy Autumn! Firstly, thank you to all of you who have commented my “You Catch My Tears” mosaic, both on blog / Facebook and in person. The piece is very close to the heart and to know that it struck a chord in others has meant a lot to me. Sorry for […] Read more...