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In April 2022 I was commissioned to make a mural mosaic for a customer. John had recently lost his wife Jane to covid after her 6 year battle with Motor Neurone Disease. He contacted me to make a mosaic to celebrate her life. Unbeknown to John before she died, Jane had already become one of…
For the first time this year I’m participating in Devon Open Studios and I’ll be throwing open my doors to visitors. I’ll have a menagerie of birds and mythical creatures (including a couple of flying ships) adorning the walls and a large cartoon and progress so far of a new mural mosaic commission. Meanwhile in…
I’m looking forward to running in-person mosaic workshops again at my studio at Black barns studios , Liverton, Devon. I’m moving into the larger studio next door to the one I have there now which means there will be plenty of room for social distancing . I’ll also have a lovely view of the hills…
If you are just starting out on your journey in mosaic you have probably already looked at lots of Youtube videos, googled mosaic art and pinned lots of inspiration on Pinterest. Maybe you have considered taking my Imaginary Mosaic Cafe taster course or perhaps you have already finished it. The course will give you all…
For the last 6 months I’ve been working on an online mosaic course and I’m pleased to announce that I have published the taster course and the starter course . Here is a little video of me in my new echoey cafe (studio) to explain what the Imaginary Mosaic Cafe really is! Go see… Kate’s…
Meet the rat.He keeps me awake at night racing around inside the crumbling walls in my house so I’ve sent him off with the pigeon who is pretty good at bouncing his hollow coos down the chimney at the crack of dawn! How does anyone get any sleep here!This is a new piece to go…
Recently I moved back to Devon after 21 years in Somerset. It’s taking a while to get used to living in a town here and being surrounded by houses instead of living out in the sticks and being surrounded by fields. However I have the sea and Dartmoor close by, and I can see “Rippon…
Here we are in week 10 of the Covid 19 lockdown. I found myself having panic attacks on the first week, every time I watched the news I felt sick and started shaking. On the second week I began to relax when I realised there was nothing I could do (apart from staying home to…
I have made three new birds for a group mosaic exhibition “Picking Up The Pieces” with South West Mosaic Artists, currently showing at Cockington Court, Torquay. As usual I interpreted the title of the exhibition quite literally. I imagined what the world would be like after the apocalypse (here I am again, all doom and…
I was interviewed by Ian Laurie for his blog on mosaic artists … this is the interview … For this seventh and final interview of 2019, I talk with Kate Rattray. Kate manages to combine her unique style with imagination, humour and a shedload of both vocational and research skills to great effect. Based in…
Hi folks, Happy New Year! This is just to tell you I have moved my blog to my new website. I will still write posts about my work and if you are an email subscriber you should continue to receive my posts. However if you usually read my posts on the WordPress reader you might…
Who’s a Pretty Bird Then? Budgies, gotta love them haven’t you? I don’t agree with keeping birds in cages as pets, they should be free to fly in their own environments. However I am sure a lot of us will know someone who keeps these beautiful colourful parakeets in their homes, or have memories of…