My Lion – progress report 7
The last leg finished– now just the head, tail and feet to do!
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The last leg finished– now just the head, tail and feet to do!
As I have been teaching mosaic workshops at the Heritage Courtyard Studios and Gallery in Wells, I was delighted when a small studio became vacant. This makes things a little easier when it comes to storing workshop materials and being able to show my work to students and collectors. I also work in it, the…
I enjoyed teaching students my new course – Mosaic Gifts at Bristol Creative Glass Guild. I taught them how to make glass on glass pieces direct and indirect. They made coasters on mirror – one direct and one indirect, pendants, and a light catcher to hang in the window. This piece I gave them the…
I have just found out it is “Draw A Bird Day” today! So me and my family (who are at home right now) have just cobbled some quick sketches together. Phew – so glad we didn’t miss it!
I am working on the other side of the sculpture now, so I thought you might like to see the first side so far. The spaces between the tears will be mosaiced using the direct method. I think it is going to look quite glamorous don’t you? …. is sport glamorous? As I already mentioned…
Having already drawn around my polystyrene tears onto brown paper I can make them up indirectly. I could mosaic directly onto the surface of the tears but as some of my tiles are different depths, the indirect method will enable me to get a fairly level surface easier and quicker. I made 12 tears for…
This Saturday I am running a stained glass mosaic workshop at the Creative Glass Guild in Bristol by request of the guild. They stock a huge range of glass, and I am almost wishing I was attending the class instead of running it to get my hands on all that glass! We will be making…