This is a lovely toddler mosaic method we have tried out that has produced a beautiful suncatcher. Like the other mosaics in this series, it easy for little toddlers as well as slightly older children to do. You will need: a picture frame with glass (not perspex as it will flex and the nuggets may […] Read more...
Make seashell mosaics with easy clay ‘push’ method
This project involves replicating the idea of cement adhesive to push mosaic pieces (tesserae) into. Instead of using cement, we used air drying clay (‘das‘). You will need some air drying clay and ‘tesserae‘ of your choice. Isabella used shells and beads, but you can use a wide range of things – for a list […] Read more...
Passing it on
Friends kept asking me to run a workshop to teach them how to mosaic – this is something I have thought about doing and the request focused my mind and helped me turn the thought into action! Two weeks into the workshops (nice small class due to size of my workshop)and I am watching, quite […] Read more...
Getting ready for the exhibition
The group show I am organising with a group of other south London mosaic artists is fast approaching and there has been a lot of frenetic preparation going on. Our lovely publicity has arrived – above is a picture of the front of the card! I have been finishing off pieces – grouting, framing, painting […] Read more...
Creative Evenings
For the last few months, several local mums and I have met in my workshop to sit and ‘make’ together. Everyone just brings something that they want to work with – paints, paper, canvases, needlework, beads, mosaic… we have done all of these. Vicky, our neighbour and friend, has re-discovered her creative talents and has […] Read more...
Wage Peace
Wage Peace Judyth Hill Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of redwing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children and freshly mown fields. Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees. Breathe in the fallen and breathe out lifelong friendships intact. Wage peace […] Read more...
Introducing Mod-Rok sculpting wonder stuff
One of my big motivations is finding use for things that may otherwise get thrown away. In that spirit, here is a new project I started this week, to turn some dragonfly lights that no longer work (thanks to the squirrels!) into beautiful, shiny, mosaic dragonflies for the garden. There is a golden rule in […] Read more...
Pre-schooler mosaic stars finished!
Some of you have been following the ‘Mosaics with Children’ series I started a few weeks ago. There will be more to come in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, here’s a pic of the mosaic stars that I helped a bunch of toddlers make at their pre-school (which is a little Montessori […] Read more...
Oh I DO like to be beside the seaside
Picked from our friends garden on holiday and made into crumble (yum!) Back from our week at the sea. I needed more faith – the wellies and mack’s were unnecessary – we had warmth and sun almost every day. And, oh how lovely it was to be by the sea again. The sea is in […] Read more...
Face painting
There will be radio silence for the next week as off on holiday (to the British seaside, God help us! Macks, wellies and windbreak are packed!) Here’s a parting creative snapshot of the kids doing face painting – this activity absorbed them like two little cherubs for over half an hour of serious concentration. First […] Read more...