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Sweat and Tears – part 7 – or Buttering a Giant Ryvita and Eating It!
If you have been following my project progress for my Olympic sculpture “Sweat and Tears” , you might remember I mentioned the alarming noise when installing the mosaic tears to the form. Because of the curved shape of the tears the tiles make a cracking sound when pushed into the tile adhesive. I have made…
The Angels Who …
Re-Formation Exhibition 22 July – 6th October 2019 A fine art exhibition taking place with Somerset artists at the Bishop’s Palace and Heritage Courtyard Gallery, Wells As well as the Seraphim (The Watcher) which hangs on the outside cafe wall at the Bishops Palace, I made two small angels for the exhibition. These are displayed…
Let There Be Light (and Water)!
Pool of Dreams I wanted to make a bird bath loosely based on The Whirlwind That Takes Me There only using a different colour palette. Like my Pretty Maids and cockle shell bird baths, I made this one by hand forming the base using wire, glass fibre mesh (I recycle the mesh sheets that mosaic…
Chorus of the Sun
My new series of three works is now complete. The first piece – “Before the Dawn” is made with matt ceramic and glass tile (the sun is iridescent black glass tile) and gold leaf smalti. The second and third pieces are stained glass. I am off to my framers now so the pieces will be ready…
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My Lion – progress report
He’s coming on just fine! Roughed up the surface outside the workshed with a wire brush on the drill . (All kitted out with mask, gloves, goggles and a hat) I have started the mane using a gold glass, a bit of orange red and a bit of yellow, and some gold mirror cut into…
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My Lion – progress report 5
I wanted to carry on tiling onto the tummy. I know not many people will look underneath him, but there is always one, and besides it doesn’t feel right to leave any bits out. I do however, think I am able to be a little less precise and use more whole tiles. So here is…
