A small group of birds

Bykaterattray March 8, 2011

To add to my collection of 4 wall pieces for the “Flocked” exhibition, (see last post) I made a small group of 3d birds.

Hey come on guys, don’t be shy – turn around, let me introduce you:

hello-birds — (left to right) Percy, Pip, Buzz, Jess

bird mosaics | mosaic art | sea | skies | sun mosaics | sunsets | wind

Flight from the Waves of Solway
Bykaterattray March 8, 2015

I was delighted to receive another commission from my customer who commissioned the hob back splash Sunset over the Solway . The brief was to make a smaller picture that would have echos or elements of the larger mosaic whilst also adding something of the magic from a piece she had just bought from my…

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mosaic art | mosaic workshops

Mosaic Mix Weekend
Bykaterattray February 8, 2010

An enjoyable weekend. It was a small class this time, but fun, and I was impressed with the work produced. I have posted photos of students with their work on the workshops pages. This is a piece by Felicity that I found particularly impressive. The aim of the workshop was to make textural mosaics using…

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art | gardens | gold leaf glass | landscape | mosaic art | mosaic glass tiles | Orsoni smalti | plants | sculpture | smalti | stained glass | sun mosaics | sunrise | trees

Fronds in the Sun
Bykaterattray October 10, 2019January 31, 2021

This summer I was asked to make a mosaic for a couple’s Golden Wedding Anniversary to place on a tree in their woodland garden. The brief was “something fairly abstract, with a suggestion of plants and flowing water and using reds, oranges, golds and magenta’s, the size to be about 120m x 50cm” It was…

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mosaic art | Olympic Sculpture | Olympics

Sweat and Tears – part 2
Bykaterattray June 21, 2011

The next stage of the Olympic sculpture was to organise and order tiles. I want the sweat and the tears to look as if they are on skin, so the tiles I choose are very like water glass tiles – they have a coloured base with thick clear glass on the top, and represent the…

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bird mosaics | landscapes | mosaic art

Springtime on the Somerset Levels
Bykaterattray June 11, 2014

My second “representational” landscape mosaic (see last post for the first) was inspired by the intensely bright yellow wild rape and the white cow parsley edging the road on my way to Somerset Crafts on the Avalon Marshes. I made a sketch I decided to make this indirect as my yellow stained glass was thinner…

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bird mosaics | mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunsets | trees

Mendip Sunset
Bykaterattray May 28, 2014

I take so many photos of the landscape around me, usually they serve as reference points for work that takes me somewhere beyond that which is seen. This time I decided to make a couple of pieces that are purely representational. At least more or less ! The first inspired by this dramatic sunset last…

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Erin McCauliff says:

March 11, 2011 at

These are fantastic, little treasures.

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1. Kate Rattray says:
  
  March 11, 2011 at
  
  Thanks Erin! They are a bit experimental really, I think they need a little refining!
  
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