For the last 7 years, this has been my creative haven, my workplace, a learning space for hundreds of students, a refuge of relaxation away from daily stresses and demands, and a wonderful room where the children and I craft together. It has gone through so many changes, adapting this small space to make it […] Read more...
Mosaics at the Garden of Discovery
Myself and one of the lovely people I have trained in mosaics, Kirsteen, have been working this spring and summer with Spilimbergo graduate, Michela Ippoliti, to deliver an amazing community garden project in South London. The Garden of Discovery is the vision of Mitcham Lane Baptist Church who, faced with a plot of unused land, […] Read more...
The post summer glow…
The summer has come and gone. For me, it was a time for a slower pace, for family, relaxation, a bit of house sorting (and some studio re-jigging too!). And time away from web sites and blogs (did you notice?!) The lovely glow of autumn is replacing the intensity of the summer sun and […] Read more...
A mosaic motherhood moment
My girl is growing so fast. I love her creativity. She knows what she wants to make, what colours she likes together. She goes with the flow, letting her creative work evolve. It was most definitely going to be a mosaic heart pendant for her lovely teacher. She chose the materials. I cut some slithers. […] Read more...
Mosaic Garden of Discovery…prelude!
I am going to be a mosaic tease… The Glittering Shards gang has been filling a community garden with mosaic all spring and it is finally all installed! I sooo want to show and tell you the story of the Garden of Discovery…but I love writing and blogging too much to not to do it […] Read more...
Looking forward…
Its been such a rich time, friends. One of those periods where you put everything you are doing on the table, examine and ponder. It feels so healthy to take nothing for granted, to question where my energy is going, what matters most to me… It is so easy to keep on the same tracks…because […] Read more...
Mosaics connecting us all
For years, I have had the idea to use mosaic as a way of nurturing a feeling of community and belonging. I feel passionately that art should be a communal, not just individual experience. So I mused on the idea of running small workshops to help people create a mosaic (with a common theme) to […] Read more...
The next big mosaic project…
This is an exciting one…unleashing my inner child in the creation of a mosaic fairy garden on a large outdoor wall…glee! Here is where it all starts… And even large mosaics start with small steps, one nip at a time…can you spot this little fella on the drawing? Read more...
In the garden with mosaic friends
A week with the family in beautiful Scotland with cherry on the cake visit to Katy Galbraith’s exhibition, In The Garden With Friends, at The Bield, near Crieff, in the foothills of magical mountains. The exhibition space was large, open and had been exquisitely set up by Katy (who specialises in mosaics from recycled materials). […] Read more...
A new mosaic world in London
The labour of mosaic love of the last few weeks is almost almost finished – just the installation and final pieces to be stuck and grouted once it’s on the wall in the playground of a local South London primary school…. Four days of mosaic workshops with delightful kids aged 4 to 12 produced this […] Read more...