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...
London Mosaic Workshops & Exhibition…its all happening!
Apart from my dear family, ALL else except my mosaic world is being very neglected in the last few weeks (including writing and reading in blog land, I know I know). As soon as I get back from dropping the kids off at school, I close the front door, put my head down and walk […] 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...
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...
What is it about art?
When did the creativity bug get you? Or are you an onlooker, seeing ‘arty’ people and wondering if the creativity gift has passed you by? Is art elitist, only for those who have the time and money to buy it, learn it and do it? Or is it a universal language of communication, celebration, protest, […] Read more...
Celebrating steps on the creative path
I have made this little blog space for myself as an antidote to rushing and diving headlong into the next thing on the to do list. It is an attempt to momentarily slow down the speedy pace of life that stops us from looking back and celebrating what we have actually achieved because we are […] Read more...
How to be an entrepreneur
This poster has followed me around all my workplaces for the last 10 years and is now on the door of my studio. I bought it in Haight Ashbury, the most wonderfully hippy district of San Francisco, from the Red Victorian Peace Centre where they produce a range of inspirational arts posters (you can order […] Read more...
Me + Anthropologie = creativity!
I spent a glorious hour in Creative Beadcraft in Soho today looking for just the right gemstone for my teardrop mosaic which currently in progress. I came away with the most beautiful Swarovski crystals (ehm…and quite a bit more). It was a veritable Aladdin’s cave for a magpie like me. Aware that I needed to […] Read more...
The power of starting…and a new technique discovered!
My biggest achievement and reflection on the past week is the pure energy released by just starting something. I have been brewing several pieces of art and have felt a little ‘blocked’. Then, on Thursday, in a somewhat artistic frenzy, I started – sketching like crazy, onto the bases where each piece will be mosaiced. […] Read more...
On tiredness & motivation…
Moonscape – ready for grouting I am realising that how I feel internally is not necessarily related to how much I achieved (or didn’t) or how many steps forward I took (or didn’t take). I actually achieved a fair amount this week…my commission is finished, just needs grouting (and I am really, really pleased with […] Read more...