My Lion – progress report 3
What mosaic and dentistry have in common!
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What mosaic and dentistry have in common!
I am having a “quiet “ week this week. Zillion is now prowling Kingsmead square with a painted lion called Uhuru. And now my workshed seems huge! I gave it a good clean up ready for my next project which I am now about one quarter of the way through. It is a commission for…
During the last few weeks I have been finishing a book with selections of my work from the last 7 years including some drawings that were hidden deep in some old sketchbooks. All the mosaics tell a story and together a bigger story emerges. It is a sort of “concept album” . The book has…
I have joined forces with Somerset Crafts members in their gallery at Westhay (what used to be the Peat Moors Centre) on the levels near Glastonbury. This is the website www.somersetcrafts.com . Like myself most of the members there are also members of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen. If you are in the area then…
Lying on the forest floor looking up at the tops of the trees, the sun shining through fresh green leaves was the inspiration behind this piece. I made several colour drawings using the same design, however I struggled with the green, finding the right shade and how to work it into the design without it looking like a football!…
If you read my post The Enchanter, you will remember I used some beautiful vintage tiles in the work that were given to me by mosaicist, Elaine M Goodwin. They are lovely strong coloured thick glass tiles very similar to Italian piastrina smalti. Elaine told me she had purchased them from the Marble Mosaic Company…
And so the magic begins! …The Guardian birds have risen from their hidden hollows beneath the Tor . The precious relics tightly carried in their claws, to a place of safety in the Abbey, where pilgrims and folk from the kingdom of Somerset and beyond can gaze upon them in wonder. I chose to use…
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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
Thanks Helen
Shame about flickr – maybe you should get a blog.