mosaic art | Odyssey | videos
Marble Mosaic Company and Ansar Mosaic
If you read my post The Enchanter, you will remember I used some beautiful vintage tiles in the work that were given to me by mosaicist, Elaine M Goodwin. They are lovely strong coloured thick glass tiles very similar to Italian piastrina smalti. Elaine told me she had purchased them from the Marble Mosaic Company…
bird mosaics | mosaic art | Odyssey | wind
The Four Winds
This was my third piece for the Mosaic Odysseys festival. I love the story of the four winds in Homer’s Odyssey. Aeolus, keeper of the winds gave Odysseus a bag of wind bound up with silver thread to help him on his journey. He stored it safely on the ship and at first it was…
bird mosaics | exhibitions | mosaic art | Odyssey | skies | sun mosaics | sunrise | sunsets
The Enchanter
This is the second piece I made for the Mosaic Odysseys festival. I don’t think it needs much explanation except that I see the sun as an enchanter…always luring me towards him. And how enchanting he always is, how beautiful he colours the sky when he rises and sets. I want to bask in his light and feel his warmth…
art | bird mosaics | exhibitions | mosaic art | Odyssey | skies | wind
Anglo – Greek Mosaic Odysseys Festival
The Whirlwind That Takes Me There I’ve been making some new work in the last few months for a festival of mosaic art involving 6 Greek and 4 other UK mosaic artists. We aim to promote a cultural exchange between Greek and British mosaic artists in order to develop friendships and a professional network between…
Mary Mary Quite Contrary Bird Baths
The last few weeks I have been making bird baths for the Bishops Palace English Country Garden Festival in Wells this weekend. Today was the first day but you still have a chance to come along tomorrow or Sunday! I thought how nice it would be to make some work based on a garden theme…
bird mosaics | butterflies | exhibitions | mosaic art | mosaic workshops | moths | rain | sea | skies | stained glass | sun mosaics | sunrise | sunsets | trees | wind
Ten Years – Mosaic Exhibition
TEN YEARS An exhibition of mosaic art by Kate Rattray at Somerset Guild of Craftsmen, 23a Broad Street, Wells BA5 2DJ 9th May – 13th June 2016 PRIVATE VIEW – Friday 20th May 4-6pm I am delighted to announce that I am presenting 10 years of my work at the new back room gallery at…
bird mosaics | butterflies | city | London | mosaic art
Two More Weeks in Upper Street, Angel, Islington
For the last two weeks and for the following two weeks I have several pieces of my work in a new pop up shop in Angel, Islington, London. Makers & Friends is at 126 Upper Street, selling hand made jewellery, prints, cushions, soaps and herbal concoctions. I haven’t visited yet but I hear the shop…
bird mosaics | flowers | mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunrise | sunsets | trees
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons I don’t know how relevant the four seasons are any more. Our climate is changing and maybe we won’t feel the difference between the seasons quite so much as we did when we were young. I’m writing this watching snow fall outside my window and with layers of clothes on as our…
Bah Humbug! It’s (almost) that time again!
You might remember last year I made some gilded glass brooches, bees (Bah Humbug Bees) and fish (Fish for Funky Punks). They were sold so quickly from various outlets, so this year I thought I would make some more. This time I have redesigned them so they are more refined and they are made of…
bird mosaics | mosaic art | skies | sunsets
The Sky is Flying with Flock ‘n Roll!
I have been revisiting an idea I had in 2011 where I made three pieces of work for an exhibition called “Flocks” at the Craft Centre in Dartington, Devon. You can see the 2011 works here You can also read about my experiments using photoshop to get an idea of grout colour and how it…
Mosaic Heart Leaf Bird Baths at Chedworth Roman Villa
A couple of months ago Chedworth Roman Villa got in touch and asked if I was interested in submitting work for their inaugural art exhibition this year. They wanted the works to have some relationship with the Villa, a sense of place. I decided to pick out elements from the Chedworth Roman mosaics to use for…