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I fear that reality is getting a grip on my life and I might never submerge myself into the warm golden depths of artistic pursuits ever again. I am trapped in my bed, the fourth day of flu taking its toll. It has been almost 3 weeks since I arranged pieces of tile , moving…
I like making my mosaic animations, they bring another dimension to my work. It is a way to experiment and develop the original idea, and really bring the mosaics to life. Then the work can metamorphose in a much more spontaneous way than through my mosaic series. It takes a bit of time, but no more…
It is too cold to work in my shed. I have an energy saving heater in there – so energy saving it barely warms up above 0 degrees. Even with my thermals and my fingerless gloves, I am still too cold to work. It is mostly my feet. I wear two pairs of socks, the…
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…
I had to invigilate the BANA (Bath Area Network of Artists) exhibition in Bath today, where I am exhibiting my Chagall inspired mosaic “Bella’s Secret”. Before I went to the gallery, my partner and I stopped off for a coffee, mint tea and baklava in a Moroccan restaurant. To my delight their was a mosaic on the…
Last weekend I was teaching the glass on glass method and glass on wood at Bristol Creative Glass Guild. My students were all happy with their achievements and you will see why if you visit the page on this blog http://katerattray.wordpress.com/mosaic-workshops/stained-glass-mosaic-workshop They are all beautiful creative pieces, and I especially like Carla’s rendition of the “Guggenheim”….
It is always interesting to study an artist’s work throughout the years and notice how they progress or change their style. Modern artists such as Picasso and Matisse learnt how to draw and paint during early life and at art school in quite a traditional and realistic fashion. They went on to develop their own…
Here is one last picture of Zillion with some of his friends, taken last weekend at the preview by Ian Dart. The auction is this Friday 15th October at the Assembly rooms in Bath. There may be some tickets still available. They are £45 and include champagne reception, dinner and entertainment. Zillion plus 62 of…
If you read my last post about the glass on glass technique, you may have recognized the blue glass mosaic with the orange circles. It is a design based on Zillion’s body. This was the first of a small series of designs based on his body and his mane that I will be exhibiting in…
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…
I have been in bed all week following an “excavation” on my wisdom tooth (at least it felt like she was excavating). The dentist took half an hour to pull it out, she had to cut my gum and I had 3 stitches. That’s the first time I have had stiches in my life! The pain…
An animation of my latest commission. The mosaic is 600mm x 600mm and framed. My customer emailed me after receiving the mosaic , he wrote “…an unexpected bonus is that the gold tesserae catch the light and seem to be flying out from the background in 3D. I had not thought of a title but…