Lost in the mist of time
Sometimes I like to stray from the glass and make something else, and I love experimental collaborative projects like this one. But I promise there will be another mosaic post soon!
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Sometimes I like to stray from the glass and make something else, and I love experimental collaborative projects like this one. But I promise there will be another mosaic post soon!
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…
I have several pieces of work on display at the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen, Courthouse Gallery, Somerton, Somerset, UK for Somerset Art Weeks which runs from 19 September – 4 October 2009. They include a series of nine mosaics: “How the Sun Wakes Up in the Morning” (see my website), “Cygnus”, and various others. This is…
Five Golden Birds. My latest commission was for a couple who wanted two mosaics to sit inside a couple of outside window recesses. We met in a coffee shop in Glastonbury after they had been to see my exhibition at the Abbey in January, and discussed designs and sizes etc. They were quite into eagles…
During the final exhausting 12 hour “swanning” days to finish my swan for the Swans of Wells public art project, I was also preparing a mosaic project for Kings Hall School in Taunton. (I have a time turner like Hermione Granger !) The brief was to use their school emblem “the Pelican” for a mosaic mural…
My partner cut up the onions and as he was frying them he told me to take a look as they looked like my birds in “Dawn Breakers. ” Quite a good likeness don’t you think?
During my exhibition “Passage” I held workshops in the gallery. 4 students attended, 3 beginners and 1 who had attended my Ammerdown course last year. My friend and helper Jean, also came along. Since last year at Ammerdown I have found that it is very useful for students to make a simple coaster before their…