Lions of Bath – project progress – 9
Nearly there – just the head to do – then grouting and sanding any sharp tiles.
Can you guess his name?
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Nearly there – just the head to do – then grouting and sanding any sharp tiles.
Can you guess his name?
‘Birds of omen dark and foul, Night-crow, raven, bat, and owl, Leave the sick man to his dream – All night long he heard your scream’ from an Ancient Gaelic Melody by Sir Walter Scott As early man was fearful of the night it is not surprising that ancient stories depict the owl as a…
Hooray! My book is ready. Full of lovely pictures of my mosaics, and drawings never seen! It would make a good Christmas present! Read about it and order from Blurb here! Passage to the… Mosaic Art By Kate Rattray Book Preview
It was a beautiful day today. Cold and sunny. I took my family to Westhay nature reserve. It is an area on the Somerset Levels beside lakes and rhynes (pronounced “reens”) where you can walk and watch different water birds coming and going and being. From a distance, we saw geese, swans, coots and cormorants….
Last year I made a video and an image for an “Exquisite Corpse” style collaboration project called 6 x 6 Escape coordinated by curator Lauren Fancher. It was hoped that 60 participants would take part. The final media performance (put together by Lauren) took place in Athens, Georgia, US on April 6th 2011. I think about 40 participants…
It is said that the Irish Saint Brigid (of Kildare) visited Beckery chapel just outside Glastonbury in the 5th Century AD. Although the chapel is no longer there I went to find the hill (Brides mound) where it once was. I wish I had been in on the recent excavations where they re-found seven skeletons…
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…
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Hi Kate,the lions looks GREAT!!
Puff,you are almost finished,Good luck.
Petra.