How the Sun Wakes up in the Morning
How the Sun Wakes up in the Morning from Kate Rattray on Vimeo.
It is better quality on Vimeo, but it won’t show up on here, so here it is on You Tube!
Free UK shipping! Dismiss
How the Sun Wakes up in the Morning from Kate Rattray on Vimeo.
It is better quality on Vimeo, but it won’t show up on here, so here it is on You Tube!
The design for this mosaic was a culmination of ideas and past work. I was still working out how I was going to put it all together when one day last week the sky gave me the final piece of the puzzle and the motivation to start. This was how the sky looked that day:…
An animation of my latest commission. The mosaic is 600mm x 600mm and framed. My customer emailed me after receiving the mosaic , he wrote “…an unexpected bonus is that the gold tesserae catch the light and seem to be flying out from the background in 3D. I had not thought of a title but…
I have been in bed all week following an “excavation” on my wisdom tooth (at least it felt like she was excavating). The dentist took half an hour to pull it out, she had to cut my gum and I had 3 stitches. That’s the first time I have had stiches in my life! The pain…
I am having a “quiet “ week this week. Zillion is now prowling Kingsmead square with a painted lion called Uhuru. And now my workshed seems huge! I gave it a good clean up ready for my next project which I am now about one quarter of the way through. It is a commission for…
I have been busy over the summer months creating a mosaic for a customer to display behind her kitchen hob. I was delighted to be offered this commission as the subject of it was as close to my heart as it was hers. She sent me some photos of the sun setting over the Solway,…
Whilst researching Norse myths for my ash tree trunk sculpture I came across a poem telling the origin of the wind. It went like this: Hraesvelg, he is called, who sits at heaven’s end, a giant in eagle’s shape. From his wings, it is said, the winds blow over all men (The Sibyl’s Prophecy. 37)…