My Lion – progress report 2

Bykaterattray March 23, 2010

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mosaic art | mosaic workshops

Mosaic workshops
Bykaterattray May 2, 2010

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…

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bird mosaics | landscapes | mosaic art

Springtime on the Somerset Levels
Bykaterattray June 11, 2014

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…

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mosaic art | mosaic workshops | musical instruments | school mosaics

Blow Your Trumpet King’s Hall!
Bykaterattray July 14, 2013

I was delighted to be asked back to King’s Hall school in Taunton this year to help them make some more mosaics. Last year we made The Pelican for their courtyard garden, this time the art teacher asked me to design a trumpet, guitar and saxophone to brighten up their music department. It was the…

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bird mosaics | mosaic art | Olympics

Birds and Sport
Bykaterattray June 29, 2010

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a gallery in Devon, and asked if I had any work I would like to display in their gallery. It is a new craft gallery at the Dartington Cider Press Centre, in Devon, which houses several designer shops and cafes but it is best known for its…

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angels | art | exhibitions | gold leaf glass | mosaic art

The Watcher
Bykaterattray July 18, 2019January 31, 2021

Seraphim at the Bishops Palace, Wells

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art | landscape | mosaic art | Orsoni smalti | skies | smalti | sun mosaics | sunrise | trees | Venetian mosaics

Sunrise
Bykaterattray July 2, 2023July 2, 2023

In April 2022 I was commissioned to make a mural mosaic for a customer. John had recently lost his wife Jane to covid after her 6 year battle with Motor Neurone Disease. He contacted me to make a mosaic to celebrate her life. Unbeknown to John before she died, Jane had already become one of…

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Jean Kinloch says:

March 24, 2010 at

Hi Kate,
looking good – never realised Peanut Butter was so versatile 😉

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1. Kate Rattray says:
  
  March 24, 2010 at
  
  Oh yes – a bit of inadvertent advertising!
  (please don’t try this at home!)
  
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