Ah…what a wonderful evening we had last Friday at the Private View of the Mosaic Memories exhibition. The sun came out, the Pimms flowed, the gallery was full to bursting with people, laughter, oohs and ahhs! Rightly so as this exhibition is a real feast of eye candy. Before showering you with pictures I have […] Read more...
Mosaic memories…
Ladies and gentlemen… …today is the launch of a brand new collective exhibition by 13 mosaic artists all living in South London. If you are nearby, consider yourselves in for a treat. If you are far (far) away, I will post a virtual exhibition this Sunday so you too can see this feast for […] Read more...
Topps Tiles Mosaic Award success!
Last Thursday was a little bit special. It was my usual mosaic drop-in class here in South London and two of my lovely regular students were here. Also visiting was a mosaic friend, Jane. We had met on a mosaic course 8 years ago and hadn’t seen each other for 7 years. It was on […] Read more...
Time for broken hearts…
At last, some time to make my mosaic hearts. I love these mosaic heart brooches and pendants, don’t tire of making them. They are high bling when worn (always a good thing in my book) and hold much meaning… Here’s how they look when done… …and here is my meaning behind making them. My heart […] Read more...
Things that get in the way of art making….part 1
1. Distractions (they will always be there, too many to mention…) 2. Fear of failure (or fear of not being perfect….) 3. Lack of time (if need be, do art in 10 minute chunks – better than not at all…) 4. Lack of space (use a broom cupboard or the back of an envelope if […] Read more...
Job done!
The lovely community mosaic project is done…6 very large (60 x 60) paving stoned and a giant ‘Welcome’ soon to be installed in the local community garden at St. Nicks Children’s Centre in Stevenage. Well done to the lovely ladies from the Centre for such hard work and fantastic results. We are off on our […] Read more...
Some questions…
…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...