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I have posted the animation again this time from vimeo because it fills the screen and I think this looks better! [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/20099871 w=400&h=300] I made the soundtrack by mixing 2 tracks of birdsong that I recorded with my daughters ipod with a drumbeat from a keyboard. All very low-tech!
I find that choosing a suitable name for my mosaic artworks is just  as important as the piece itself. It makes the story whole. The process I use for this choice often starts with a working title, first thought of at the same time as the first sketch. When the mosaic is complete (or during…
In the valley below the hill where I live there is a small village with a leat running along the edge of the fields and opposite a row of old and pretty cottages. There are often ducks on the leat and once I saw a very raggedy looking heron trying to catch a fish, but…
I have been busy over the summer months creating a mosaic for a customer to display behind her kitchen hob. I was delighted to be offered this commission as the subject of it was as close to my heart as it was hers. She sent me some photos of the sun setting over the Solway,…
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…
This school was a joy to work with. A small primary school of just over 100 pupils, every child was able to take part in making it. I was sent lots of drawings from the children to use for a design and spent a day sketching possibilities and a final cartoon. I spent a couple…