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I’ve been working on a final set of mosaics which will bring an end to a “concept album” of work. There are over 40 mosaics in my album (some of which you can see on my website) and they will soon be produced in a book I hope to publish through “Blurb” before Christmas. The…
Yummm, Double Delight conjures up images of a scumptious icecream made with Turkish Delight and lemon meringue topped with melon coulis or dark and milk chocolate biscuits filled with pistachio nut cream! I can’t understand why it isn’t! Instead, this Double Delight is about Art! (It couldn’t be anything else really!) It’s all happening here…
The Somerset levels and moors have been such a source of inspiration lately, not only have Egrets arrived for the first time this year (see last post) but last year saw the re-introduction of cranes to the area. Cranes were thought to have become extinct in the UK 400 years ago although they still visited…
Egrets at Somerset Crafts Several months ago I joined Somerset Crafts – a group of artists who exhibit work in a gallery at Westhay on the Avalon Marshes in the Somerset Levels. Most of us are also members of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen based at the Courthouse gallery in Somerton. We manage the gallery between…
A couple of weeks ago I was gritting my teeth and working long hours in my shed to reach a deadline for an exhibition. I was lucky I had an assistant helping me. My son, Arthur, was doing his year 10 work experience week with me (not by choice unfortunately, he wanted to do something…
During the final exhausting 12 hour “swanning” days to finish my swan for the Swans of Wells public art project, I was also preparing a mosaic project for Kings Hall School in Taunton. (I have a time turner like Hermione Granger !) The brief was to use their school emblem “the Pelican” for a mosaic mural…
Yesterday was the swan launch for the Swans of Wells public art project. 20 of the 60 swans were flown in and they settled down on the Cathedral Green while us artists and passers-by mingled and wilted in the heat of the late morning sun. Photographers and TV reporters came and went and after a…
The final days of “swanning” were long and arduous, day became night and night became day, I was losing sight of reality, I wondered if there was life outside my shed! I emerged hungry and tired, in need of refreshment… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A name has chosen by my sponsor – “Odile” – The Black Swan from…
If you have been following my latest posts, you will know that I have completed 2 out of 3 pieces for my new series “Catching the Sun” . The third piece will have to wait while I finish “swanning“. (That’s Kate slang for mosaicing a swan!) My giant swan will be one of 60 to…
If you read my last post you will have seen the progress so far on a mosaic I am making called “Solar City” which is part 2 of a series called “Catching the Sun”. I am making the mosaic in the double indirect, or reverse reverse technique for reasons described in the last post. These…
I have spent a good couple of weeks intensely programming my website. A complete re-design. The slide shows were programmed by my son, Dan. (Nerdy geek in Manchester!) So I have been on a bit of a steep learning curve of css and added to my knowledge of html. Now you can shop in my…
I thought you should know that I am out of my winter hibernation early and I have taken up jogging to sweep away the cobwebs and the excess fat gained from the Christmas booze and chocs! So full of energy I am, with plans for new projects and with some already completed. But more of…