London Olympics 2012
London Olympics 2012

I hope you were as inspired as I was by the London Olympics 2012!
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Sweat and Tears – detail photos
Thank you London Olympics 2012!
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Sweat and Tears – detail photos
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My second “representational” landscape mosaic (see last post for the first) was inspired by the intensely bright yellow wild rape and the white cow parsley edging the road on my way to Somerset Crafts on the Avalon Marshes. I made a sketch I decided to make this indirect as my yellow stained glass was thinner…
That mottled sky that inspired “Where The Flying Things Go” (see last post) led to another mosaic, more relevant to the mottled or “mackerel” sky as it is known. It is known as mackerel as the cloud formations resemble the markings on a mackerel fish. Here is another look at that sky:  This time I wanted…
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]
What mosaic and dentistry have in common! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0hofWDMRgI]
I have been invited back again this year to work with Kings Hall School in Taunton. This time they want to make some colourful mosaics for the music department. I have cut out three instruments from mdf with my jigsaw, but you will see the finished mosaics in the next post. As we will use graduations…