New Year’s Eve photo-collage

Bykaterattray December 31, 2013

Thank you to my customers and supporters this year and all the best for 2014!

🙂 x

What’s in a name?

Bykaterattray February 21, 2011

I find that choosing a suitable name for my mosaic artworks is just as important as the piece itself. It makes the story whole. The process I use for this choice often starts with a working title, first thought of at the same time as the first sketch. When the mosaic is complete (or during…

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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…

Where The Flying Things Go

Bykaterattray August 22, 2013

The design for this mosaic was a culmination of ideas and past work. I was still working out how I was going to put it all together when one day last week the sky gave me the final piece of the puzzle and the motivation to start. This was how the sky looked that day:…

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Where the Earth Meets the Sky

Bykaterattray June 19, 2013

I have been invited back again this year to work with Kings Hall School in Taunton. This time they want to make some colourful mosaics for the music department. I have cut out three instruments from mdf with my jigsaw, but you will see the finished mosaics in the next post. As we will use graduations…

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Birds in the Rain

Bykaterattray April 21, 2013

Another piece for my solo exhibition “Voices of the Wind” at Somerset Crafts to accompany The Storm. It is quite a small piece (A4) made with stained glass, float glass over painted board and mirror glass. Here are 2 shots of it in different light (I feel an animation coming on!) As well as the…

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Sweat and Tears – part 9 – decision time!

Bykaterattray July 21, 2011

I spent several hours trying to decide what tile to use for the background of my sculpture. I originally thought I might use transparent glass onto coloured adhesive and the colour would change gradually from a dark brown skin tone to a pale pink. But I scrapped that idea when I thought about how it…

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drawandshoot says:

December 31, 2013 at

All the best to you too, Kate!

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