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Flight of the Cranes
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…
- bird mosaics | mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunsets | videos
Disappearing Sun
I have wanted to make this piece for sometime now, and finally I have got round to it. It is a development of a mosaic I made in 2011 called “Gathering Darkness“. It is one of my favourite pieces and despite several of my customers asking if they could buy it, I have found I…
Rain
[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.
bird mosaics | flowers | mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunrise | sunsets | treesThe 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…
animals | art | mosaic art | opus sectile | treesA Union of Family Arms
For the last couple of months I have been working on a commission in the other hours between making new pieces of jewellery, Christmas craft markets, packaging sales online and celebrating. I was asked to make a mosaic for an outdoor wall based on my customer’s family and wife’s families coat of arms. He sent…
Sweat and Tears – part 4
Having already drawn around my polystyrene tears onto brown paper I can make them up indirectly. I could mosaic directly onto the surface of the tears but as some of my tiles are different depths, the indirect method will enable me to get a fairly level surface easier and quicker. I made 12 tears for…



