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At the end of last week I went to pick up a lion. (One of the more exciting aspects of being an artist!) This lion was quite extraordinary – he was very quiet – in fact he didn’t move at all – but I am hoping I will breathe some life into him. Here is…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtKm_wCo2M] Just made this stop – motion animation using two photos of the mosaic “Rain” that I made in 2005.
… mind their own business as they are walking down the street! My eldest son has just left home and got a job in Walsall, near Birmingham. I went up with him to help him look for a flat and I wondered what the chances were of finding a mosaic in the town when lo…
New stop-motion mosaic animation. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIzNxVMFjkk]
For those of you who come straight to the blog – please visit my new website – https://www.rattraymosaics.co.uk it has been redesigned and programmed by my son. If you want him to make you one contact him through his website http://www.dandart.co.uk As you will see I have taken a flying leap and decided to use…
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…
Stop motion mosaic animation. This is a “raw scrapbook” version. “The Tree” questions man’s relationship with nature. The song “niebo placze” is Polish and means “the sky is crying”. This was a bonus as I chose it first for the music which seemed to fit the animation so perfectly. It is best played in HD…
This weekend I am running a mosaic mix workshop. I mentioned in a previous post that the aim of the course is to make a textural mosaic with a variety of mosaic materials. Each student receives a 3 page ideas file prior to the workshop. This is a photo of a small sample mosaic in…
Every year Topps Tiles runs 2 competitions in conjunction with BAMM (British Association for Modern Mosaic). One is a schools mosaic competition and the other is an adult mosaic classes competition. This year I decided to submit some of my students work for the adult classes competition. I submitted 15 works selected from three of…
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! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6e2SsJ6cHU]
I am lucky enough not to have a problem with finding inspiration – hence the reason I always have more than one mosaic happening at a time. I remember when I started my degree in Creative Arts back in 1986, I had no ideas, and my first piece of work was a self portrait collage with…
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