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Where the Earth Meets the Sky
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…
“Crust” – Exhibition of Mosaic Art with Marcelo de Melo
Last week I had an exhibition of mosaic art at Bath Artists Studio Gallery with Brazilian artist Marcelo de Melo. I spent 6 days in the gallery studying the reactions of visitors and talking to them about the work. I exhibited some older pieces such as Spirit of the Leaves and How the Sun Wakes…
- mosaic art | skies | trees | wind
The Shadow of the Wind
I know I have used the title of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s fantastic novel, but I couldn’t find another title that seemed right for this piece. “Shadows of the Wind” or “Wind Shadows” just didn’t do it for me – it had to be solid, contained and absolute! The mosaic isn’t directly inspired by the novel , although the…
Chorus of the Sun
My new series of three works is now complete. The first piece – “Before the Dawn” is made with matt ceramic and glass tile (the sun is iridescent black glass tile) and gold leaf smalti. The second and third pieces are stained glass. I am off to my framers now so the pieces will be ready…
- bird mosaics | leaf mosaics | mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunsets | videos
The Lemon Tree
New stop-motion mosaic animation. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIzNxVMFjkk]
While the Moon Gently Weeps
The title of this piece came to me through the radio whilst I was making it. That beautiful song written by George Harrison “While my Guitar Gently Weeps,” was playing. All I had to do was replace the guitar for the moon! It was exactly how I saw my mosaic. A waning moon weeping pieces…