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Guardian Ash
The Somerset Guild of Craftsmen’s next exhibition is called “Whither The Ash” – it appears to be a very topical theme at the moment, not surprisingly, as we are still losing our beautiful trees. I can’t exhibit my sculpture of “The Last Tree” (see last post) made in response to this issue at the Guild…
angels | art | barbie dolls | bird mosaics | fashion | flowers | mosaic artOdd Little Flock
Woopee doo! I thought you might like to see my new little fairies and angels. These little oddities came out of the work I made for Glastonbury Abbey. I love how one thing leads to another when you are making things. Working with plastic bones led me to the barbie doll fairies. I also find…
Summer Mosaic Workshop and Tour in Wells
I am a little late organising this as I have been busy with this and that and working on the commission I mentioned in a previous blog. I hope it will be a sunny weekend – at least on Monday 2nd August as this is when I will be a tour guide for the day!…
- bird mosaics | mosaic art | sea | skies | sun mosaics | sunsets | wind
Flight from the Waves of Solway
I was delighted to receive another commission from my customer who commissioned the hob back splash Sunset over the Solway . The brief was to make a smaller picture that would have echos or elements of the larger mosaic whilst also adding something of the magic from a piece she had just bought from my…
Glass fusing and fried eggs
A couple of weeks ago I was a student for a day on a glass fusing course. My only past experience with glass fusing was when I was 12 years old, when I made a pendant. I still have it, but unfortunately it broke into two when it was dropped a couple of years ago. The course…
Judgement Day In The Rain
Trudging up the steep slope in the pouring rain, my oversized brolly got stuck several times on the overhanging bushes and brambles. It was early July but felt like autumn, the rain water ran in rivulets down the path bouncing up now and then to splash and soak through the holes in the canvas of…