My Lion – progress report 4

Bykaterattray March 30, 2010

Having decided I like the gold glass, I have to wait for a bigger order of it. So in the meantime I am working on the body.

bird mosaics | mosaic art

Grouting with Photoshop
Bykaterattray February 8, 2011

I have been playing about with Photoshop these past weeks, in between working on my pieces in my shed for the Bird Exhibition. I am using it to edit all 268 photos for my new animation. I also found it useful to help me make a grout decision on one of my pieces. In this mosaic the…

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Solar flares and charity project
Bykaterattray March 15, 2011May 17, 2021

London mosaic artist Karla Duterloo has been working hard lately organizing a mosaic art project to raise funds for the Esther Benjamins Trust. www.ebtrust.org.uk EBT has a mosaic studio in Nepal, providing essential employment for young workers rescued as children by the Trust. Mosaic artists around the globe have sent Karla a 20 x 20 mosaic which…

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leaf mosaics | mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunsets | trees

Thank God for Chocolate Coins!
Bykaterattray February 28, 2012

You won’t believe the trouble I had trying to find suitable gold foil for the underside of my sun! In the previous post I showed you the transparent smalti laid onto some gold foiled tape. I thought this is the stuff I would use, I have a big reel of it, however it is sticky,…

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leaf mosaics | mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunsets | trees

The Embrace
Bykaterattray March 14, 2012

My sun and tree mosaic is finished. I had to redo the leaves because I originally made them onto glass that I cut slightly bigger than the leaf parts laid onto it. I did this as a way to make the grout line around the leaves quite thick, however it just resulted in looking clumsy….

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Mosaic Heart Leaf Bird Baths at Chedworth Roman Villa
Bykaterattray September 11, 2015

A couple of months ago Chedworth Roman Villa got in touch and asked if I was interested in submitting work for their inaugural art exhibition this year. They wanted the works to have some relationship with the Villa, a sense of place. I decided to pick out elements from the Chedworth Roman mosaics to use for…

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My Lion – progress report
Bykaterattray March 20, 2010

He’s coming on just fine! Roughed up the surface outside the workshed with a wire brush on the drill . (All kitted out with mask, gloves, goggles and a hat) I have started the mane using a gold glass, a bit of orange red and a bit of yellow, and some gold mirror cut into…

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Jean Kinloch says:

March 31, 2010 at

love it Kate!!

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