London Olympics 2012

Bykaterattray August 13, 2012

London Olympics 2012

I hope you were as inspired as I was by the London Olympics 2012!

See more about this Olympic Sculpture 2012:

Art at the Edge

That Thing in the Garden

Sweat and Tears – detail photos

Thank you London Olympics 2012!

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Sweat and Tears – part 2
Bykaterattray June 21, 2011

The next stage of the Olympic sculpture was to organise and order tiles. I want the sweat and the tears to look as if they are on skin, so the tiles I choose are very like water glass tiles – they have a coloured base with thick clear glass on the top, and represent the…

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Olympics | sounds

Sweat and Tears – part 7 – or Buttering a Giant Ryvita and Eating It!
Bykaterattray July 18, 2011

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…

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Double Delight
Bykaterattray September 14, 2012

Yummm, Double Delight conjures up images of a scumptious icecream made with Turkish Delight and lemon meringue topped with melon coulis or dark and milk chocolate biscuits filled with pistachio nut cream! I can’t understand why it isn’t! Instead, this Double Delight is about Art! (It couldn’t be anything else really!) It’s all happening here…

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Little Birds’ Day Out!
Bykaterattray January 20, 2012

I thought you should know that I am out of my winter hibernation early and I have taken up jogging to sweep away the cobwebs and the excess fat gained from the Christmas booze and chocs! So full of energy I am, with plans for new projects and with some already completed. But more of…

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London Olympics 2012

I hope you were as inspired as I was by the London Olympics 2012!

See more about this Olympic Sculpture 2012:

Thank you London Olympics 2012!

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