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.

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An Egg for The Egg
Bykaterattray April 5, 2015

I was asked by my sponsors of my Zillion lion (Zenith International) made in 2010, if I would decorate an egg for the Bath Egg Hunt. It is to celebrate The Egg Theatre’s 10th Anniversary. This isn’t paid work but it is small (about 12 inches high) and gives me a chance to experiment and…

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Mosaic Art and Friends in Chartres!
Bykaterattray October 21, 2014

I have just returned from a long weekend in the beautiful city of Chartres, and a day in Paris. My two teenage children accompanied me (luckily, or I would have got lost many times!) and we enjoyed an overload of mosaic art, architecture and history! We stayed in an apartment overlooking the side of the…

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A lively summer workshop and tour
Bykaterattray August 4, 2010

Last weekend was great! I had a lively group who came to the workshop at Wells museum! This included my two youngest kids and friends. Most only stayed for Saturday, but one student did both days, so on Sunday she came to my workshed. Pictures of the group and their mosaics are on the workshop…

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More on zellige, zillige, zellij or zillij
Bykaterattray December 15, 2009

There seem to be many ways to spell this Islamic method of making tiles, but perhaps it is correctly spelt zillij. Having researched it a bit more, I was fascinated to find out that once the biscuit fired tiles are cut into shapes , glazed and put together as whole geometric tiles, it doesn’t end there!…

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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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St. Joseph of Arimathea Guardian Bird of Relics
Bykaterattray October 5, 2017January 9, 2020

Legend has it that Saint Joseph of Arimathea came to Glastonbury to spread the Christian faith with the two cruets full of Christ’s blood and sweat. When he arrived he walked up Wearyall (now Wirral) hill and on reaching the top he stopped and exclaimed something like “Since we be weary all here we will…

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Jean Kinloch says:

March 31, 2010 at

love it Kate!!

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