…from a blog friend, Zeynep, from Istanbul but now living in Vitenam (so adventurous!). I answer her questions and then I get to pose my own to other blog friends. Nice way to know each other in the cyber-world don’t you think? Here’s Zeynap’s questions to me… What’s your big dream? To build a zero-carbon […] Read more...
Mosaic Weather Tree Update!
We are nearly 5 months into our family mosaic project to make a mosaic weather tree depicting the weather for every day of 2012! There are four colours showing the predominant weather for that day – blue for rain, grey for cloud, yellow for sun and white glitter tile for snow. You can see our […] 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...
Creations…
My latest piece of mosaic art, just finished, now flying off to the annual Opus Mosaics exhibition. It is called “Bird in a Grey Sky” and here you can see me trying to love grey skies, which we have had rather a lot of (size 100 x 20cm). And one of my most beautiful creations […] Read more...
Camping with children – the pros and cons explored…
For those of you new to Glittering Shards, this site explores mosaics, art and soulful, creative living. My blog posts are categorized in this way (see column on the right) and I write them from the heart because these are things that motivate me. Its true to say that ‘Mosaic Loving’ has featured the most […] Read more...
London mosaic classes unleash mosaic magic!
Its been a while since I did a round up of work from my South London mosaic workshops – so its about time I showed you some of the wonderful examples of completed mosaics and works-in-progress, most of them first mosaics (yes, truly!). Some of the photos are just after grouting (before the grout is […] 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… You can see the process of each insect being made by clicking here and following the link to each insect. I have now added the photos and close ups of 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...
The outdoor mosaic insect commission…finished!
At last, all done! The mosaic marathon was slightly interrupted this week by disappearance of Chloe the Cat. She is a breed that is knicknamed “Cat -dog” for the very reason that these animals are more like dogs – very social, following humans everywhere – but also prone to being over friendly and running into […] Read more...
A magical mosaic in the making…
This is the 4th in the series of large outdoor mosaic insects for a local school and it is an absolute beauty . I love love love it so much I think I need to make one for myself!. Here is the process of making it (with tips for mosaic artists along the way). Some […] Read more...