{"id":511,"date":"2010-12-14T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/2010\/online-mosaic-exhibition-just-for-you\/"},"modified":"2010-12-14T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T12:41:00","slug":"online-mosaic-exhibition-just-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitteringshards.com\/blog\/online-mosaic-exhibition-just-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Online mosaic exhibition…just for you!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

My ‘real’ visitors book is full of wonderful comments, a testament to the fact that contemporary mosaic art has the tendency to ‘wow’ people. Now, I know that you<\/em> can’t touch the pieces, move past them and see the light dance off the tiles…but do feel free treat the comments section of this post as a virtual visitors book!<\/p>\n

So…please come in…its warm inside and you are welcome \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Looking in through the windows…<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Lots of mosaic balls twirling round and casting light on the surrounding walls…<\/div>\n
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Moontree (a commission) on an easel in front of a display of mosaic tiles – sweetie shop style!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Some new pieces, made with soft glass and iridescent nuggets…<\/div>\n
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My student wall – all first mosaics (yup, truly!) made this year by people on my evening course.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Silvia’s starling…<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Colleen’s ‘Fire and Ice’ mirror<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Caroline’s tulip (spot the real gold tiles)<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Andy’s ‘Escape the Whirl’.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0One of my new pieces, ‘Baby, I love you’ (now sold)<\/div>\n
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Another new one – ‘Four Seasons’ (now sold )<\/div>\n
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New piece, ‘Foxy Footwear Fascination Strikes Again’.
\nThere is a story behind this piece that was displayed below during the exhibition. Read on and then wait for an added twist!<\/div>\n
Have you ever seen an odd shoe strewn on a pavement or doorstep and wondered\u00a0 why?
\nHave you left your shoes by the back door and returned to find one or both missing?
\nHave you found leather items buried in your garden?
\nThen you have been struck by\u00a0 Foxy Footwear Fascination!<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n

Foxes in Furzedown have been stealing leather shoes and other items for some time (we have actually caught them red-pawed!).Last year, this international news story hit the media and made me smile. This piece is a humorous portrayal of this foxy phenomenon.<\/p>\n

BERLIN | Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:58am EDT
\nBERLIN (Reuters) – A fox has been unmasked as the mystery thief of more than 100 shoes in the small western German town of Foehren, authorities said Friday.
\nA forest worker stumbled upon shoes strewn near the fox’s den and found a trove of footwear down the hole which had recently been stolen overnight from outside locals’ front doors.
\n“There was everything from ladies’ shoes to trainers,” said a local police spokesman. “We’ve found between 110 and 120 so far. It seems a vixen stole them for her cubs to play with.”
\nAlthough many were missing laces, the shoes were in good condition and their owners were delighted to reclaim them, he said, adding that no reprisals were planned against the culprit.<\/p>\n

The twist? The day I opened the exhibition, laying by the wall right outside the gallery was this:<\/div>\n
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I promise, I did not plant it! A clear example of art imitating life and life imitating art…<\/div>\n
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As well as wall art (more below) I had lots of smaller things for sale…stones…<\/div>\n
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… and a range of mosaic jewelry with special meaning…<\/div>\n
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\u00a0In the middle of the heart brooch display, a poem…<\/div>\n

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My Heart is a Mosaic<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

My heart is a mosaic<\/em>
\nIt is made of many parts, some hidden (even from myself).<\/em><\/p>\n

My heart is a mosaic<\/em>
\nIn it I carry the community of the people who have touched my life<\/em><\/p>\n

My heart is a mosaic<\/em>
\nIt has been broken and though I try, I cannot get it back to how it used to be. So I am slowly putting the broken pieces together…imagine my\u00a0 surprise when I see that my re-shaped broken heart is\u00a0 more\u00a0 beautiful than before.<\/em><\/p>\n

My heart is a mosaic<\/em>
\nMany passions and parts of my being unfolding, as I dare to live connected to my centre.<\/em><\/p>\n

My heart is a mosaic<\/em>
\nIt is made by all my experiences.\u00a0 I can add new pieces all the time to make up who I am and how I live.<\/em><\/p>\n

My heart is a mosaic…<\/em><\/p>\n

And here is another look at the beautiful “Patchwork of Hope” made by children, young people, parents and volunteers from the Klevis Kola Foundation <\/a>(KKF). Over the period of the exhibition we raised over \u00a3100 for the work of KKF and many people learned about the wonderful work they do.<\/p>\n

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Some more new pieces that were on display…<\/p>\n

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Magical Tree (now sold)<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Flower Fields (now sold)<\/div>\n
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Sally Dunnet’s beautiful glass fused decorations in the windows…<\/p>\n

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And another new piece, ‘Dance of the Dragonflies’<\/div>\n
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Curly Tree (still for sale)<\/div>\n
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Wall of Bark (lots sold, some still left)<\/div>\n

Each piece of bark had mosaic gold mirror on it (some teeny tiny<\/em>pieces) along the bark textures. Beside the pieces,\u00a0 a bit of prose about the meaning and process…<\/p>\n

The Meaning of Bark<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n


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\u201cI look at the bark running up the tree in front of me – and it is art.\u201d
\n25th September 2009, Elvedene Forest, from my diary<\/em><\/div>\n


\nMany years ago, a wise, old friend told me a story about bark. He said that if you cut a thin circle of bark around the whole circumference of a living tree trunk, you will kill the tree because the life and sap of the tree is carried in the bark – in the outermost edge of the tree trunk – not in the centre. <\/em><\/p>\n

We are often sold the message, said my friend, that\u00a0 we need to get ourselves to the centre of things – the inner circle, the in-crowd, the epicentre of power, influence and decision making. We panic if we are not, feeling that we will miss out. But in fact, many (most?) of us live \u2018on the edge\u2019 in different ways, at difference times of our lives. And even if we don\u2019t, there is a reality that life on the margins (socially, psychologically, physically, financially) has deep, rich veins of life and creativity.<\/p>\n

Since then, bark has held both symbolic and artistic fascination. Recently, mosaic teacher and mentor, Sonia King, has started a \u2018bark\u2019 project, gathering amazing pictures of bark from Facebook friends around the world – see it here<\/a>.\u00a0 This work is my exploration of the art, texture and beauty of bark through the mosaic medium.<\/p>\n

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I sold lots of beautiful mosaic spheres in lots of colours…these ones looking rather a lot like the snowballs that were being thrown outside the gallery in the first week!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0‘Bubbles’ mirror which I could have sold 10 times over!<\/div>\n
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\u00a0‘Shimmering Sun’ (a favourite, and still available!)<\/div>\n
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‘Loving You’ (which evoked several ‘what is it?’ discussions!)<\/div>\n
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I ran a small mosaic taster session in the gallery on the last day – great fun and wonderful pieces made in 2 1\/2 hours.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Everyone left with a bag of grout after a grouting demo..!<\/div>\n
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My beautiful six foot peacock, who wowed many…<\/div>\n
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As did Mr Owl with his halogen light bulb eyes (no, they eyes don’t light up -but one day…!)<\/div>\n
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And lastly, the star of the show, my newest large piece, ‘You Catch My Tears’. The writing that was displayed underneath will be familiar to regular readers of this blog, but I will finish this online exhibition with a re-post of the poem.\u00a0 Before I do that, I want to say thank you to all who helped, came along (over 300 visitors!), offered support and encouragement in real-time or long distance. I can’t quite believe I have done it – but I have and it exceeded all my expectations. I am exhausted but happy!<\/p>\n

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You Catch My Tears and Keep Them in\u00a0 a Bottle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Again she cries alone
\nTears fall like diamonds
\nInto the nothingness
\nHer heart lost, unknown<\/p>\n

She cannot see
\nThe veil that surrounds her
\nTears of others also bent over, sobbing
\nConnecting the broken-ones in their alone-ness<\/p>\n

And the great Other…<\/p>\n

Catching
\nevery
\nprecious
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Nothing is lost or forgotten.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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