We were walking back from school a few weeks ago, discussing our plans for everyone in the house to move bedrooms – us back up into our lovely loft room, Isabella into our old room and Toby from his tiny box room to his big sister’s room. “Mummy, I want my bedroom to be like […] Read more...
A mosaic feast for you! Virtual exhibition part one.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Experimenting…
…with my camera. Other blog posts are in the process of being written (deep thoughts on blogging…the process of making 6 new mosaics..) but no time today to finish writing. So, instead, can I show you some pictures I have taken since becoming very good friends with my camera (Nikon D3100)? Happy to say I […] Read more...
Hand-made precious birthdays
As each year goes by (fast, so fast) I am always searching for gifts to make and give to my children. Gifts that will have have a lasting legacy and that will keep on giving long after the play-dough has dried out and the puzzle pieces discarded . This week our precious girl turned 6 […] Read more...
Published!
The second issue of the gorgeous new Stampington Press magazine, Create With Me, landed with a thud (its thick and luscious!) on my doormat yesterday with enclosed cover note… It’s always a magical moment seeing your work in the mass media (it is hitting the newstands in the USA any day now) and it was […] Read more...