My Lion – progress report 3

Bykaterattray March 24, 2010

What mosaic and dentistry have in common!

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The Golden Section, the Butterfly Effect, Mandalas, Dragonflies and other Beautiful Patterns
Bykaterattray March 22, 2011

I was teaching the glass on glass technique again this weekend at Bristol Creative Glass Guild. I had 7 fabulous creative students. Here are their wonderful pieces of art lit up by that beautiful bright blue sky.

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Birds, Bees and Fish
Bykaterattray March 14, 2014

I have been working on some new pieces of art that incorporate my drawings and photos, set in box frames and featuring mosaics of birds, bees and fish as well as eyes and suns. I like the association of the box frame with memories and treasured items. Most of the pieces I have made are…

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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…

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bird mosaics | exhibitions | mosaic art | skies | stained glass | sun mosaics | sunrise | sunsets

Many Faces Of The Sun
Bykaterattray September 12, 2013

I have 10 of my mosaic art works in my solo show at Divas Café, Black Swan Arts Centre, Frome. Four of which are new pieces featured in the last posts. In the main gallery there will be an exhibition of paintings by Rachel Anne Grigor. More details here. There is a private view this…

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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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Chorus of the Sun
Bykaterattray October 26, 2011

My new series of three works is now complete. The first piece – “Before the Dawn” is made with matt ceramic and glass tile (the sun is iridescent black glass tile) and gold leaf smalti. The second and third pieces are stained glass. I am off to my framers now so the pieces will be ready…

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Helen Nock says:

March 25, 2010 at

Hi Kate,
Enjoyed this, main looking good…and don’t they just. One of my students is my dental hygienist, and I often tell her that’s what I should have done!!!

I was asked to remove my lion wips from flickr but have to say your video looks more professional than my snapshots.

Good luck with it…it will be fab as always
Helen

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1. Kate Rattray says:
  
  March 25, 2010 at
  
  Thanks Helen
  Shame about flickr – maybe you should get a blog.
  
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