My Lion – progress report 2

Bykaterattray March 23, 2010

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Five Golden Birds

Bykaterattray May 26, 2018May 3, 2024

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…

mosaic art | Olympic Sculpture | Olympics

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…

bird mosaics | mosaic art | stained glass | sunsets

Egrets at Somerset Crafts

Bykaterattray August 31, 2012

Egrets at Somerset Crafts Several months ago I joined Somerset Crafts – a group of artists who exhibit work in a gallery at Westhay on the Avalon Marshes in the Somerset Levels. Most of us are also members of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen based at the Courthouse gallery in Somerton. We manage the gallery between…

The Day I Blew Up My Hard-Drive!

Bykaterattray December 4, 2012

As I was in such a rush to release the news about my book, “Passage to the Sun“, I forgot to tell you a bit about it. I’ve been working on it on and off for a couple of years. I wanted to show my journey, not just how my work has developed since 2005,…

bird mosaics | mosaic art | mosaic workshops | school mosaics

Pelican Mosaic

Bykaterattray June 17, 2012

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…

mosaic art | Queen

In the Presence of Royalty

Bykaterattray May 3, 2012

Yesterday I met the Queen Prince Philip A couple of weeks ago the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen asked me if I would like to do a demonstration of mosaics at the Diamond Jubilee Country Fayre in Yeovil where the Queen would be visiting on her Royal visit. Being completely dedicated (posh word for obsessed) to…

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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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