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bird mosaics | mosaic art | skies | sunsetsThe Sky is Flying with Flock ‘n Roll!
I have been revisiting an idea I had in 2011 where I made three pieces of work for an exhibition called “Flocks” at the Craft Centre in Dartington, Devon. You can see the 2011 works here You can also read about my experiments using photoshop to get an idea of grout colour and how it…
The Golden Section, the Butterfly Effect, Mandalas, Dragonflies and other Beautiful Patterns
I was teaching the glass on glass technique again this weekend at Bristol Creative Glass Guild. I had 7 fabulous creative students. Here are their wonderful pieces of art lit up by that beautiful bright blue sky.
“Odile – The Black Swan” : The 2012 Fashion Icon
If you went to London Fashion Week last week you would have noticed how many top designers have used black, whites, pearls shimmery greys and silvers in their new creations. “Odile” – The Black Swan wouldn’t have looked out of place on the catwalk. Imagine her as she glided elegantly in her fine coverlet of…
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…
Spring and Summer Mosaic Workshops
Details of my new workshops are on my website www.rattraymosaics.co.uk/courses The first of these will be a weekend workshop in May at the Black Swan Arts Centre in Frome, Somerset. The workshop is for beginners or improvers and we will use glass and ceramic mosaic tiles and stained glass. There will be some different tiles…
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Roll Up For The Greatest Show On Earth!
Yesterday evening just before the sun went down I managed to close shop at Somerset Crafts down on the Avalon Marshes in Somerset in time to see thousands and thousands of starlings swooshing over the gallery and on down to the heath. This happens every year at about this time and we have many visitors…