Nearly bedtime, nearly Friday…and I am looking forward to some downtime with my two sweet bunnies tomorrow. I have had a week of a topsy turvy house due to major plumbing work that disrupted several rooms in the house, including the kitchen – arghh! At last, all is back to normal and my nerves are […] Read more...
Launched!
The evening sun shone, catching the glass and making it shine. People came, lots of them. The sangria flowed. Then the moon came out, full and brilliant. It was a special night and the ‘room of mosaics’ was launched into the sea of September, for all to see (88 visitors yesterday – our first day […] Read more...
Ooooh, ahhhhh, wow!
There was a lot of oohing, ahhing and wowing today! At the gallery, 7 of the band of 10 mosaic maniacs gathered. We unwrapped our contributions to the exhibition, so now hopefully you understand… The variety, the beauty, the uniqueness, the feeling and colour and texture of each of these beauties. Mosaic exhibitions have to […] Read more...
Colour colour colour
The long weekend is over and all the little tasks of preparation for tomorrow’s hanging of the exhibition are underway. Grouting, cleaning up, naming and signing pieces, putting hooks on, painting frames, taking photos, grinding away sharp edges and doing a small repair on fellow artist, Mireille’s, piece that has come from France. Snatching a […] 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...
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...
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...
Top tips from mosaic school
Here are some of mine and Nathalie’s (fellow course member) top tips from the West Dean course (there are many more!): 1. Put PVA glue in fridge to make it gloopy enough for sticking on 3d surfaces 2. Tumble gin bottles (or other waste glass!) to make beautiful tumbled glass for mosaicing 3. Use a […] Read more...