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I have visited the Baths several times in the last 10 years and probably when I was a kid. This time it was time to take my daughter for the first time. It really is a fascinating place and each time I come back with some other discovery. As there are always lots of visitors…
Last weekend was great! I had a lively group who came to the workshop at Wells museum! This included my two youngest kids and friends. Most only stayed for Saturday, but one student did both days, so on Sunday she came to my workshed. Pictures of the group and their mosaics are on the workshop…
I am having a “quiet “ week this week. Zillion is now prowling Kingsmead square with a painted lion called Uhuru. And now my workshed seems huge! I gave it a good clean up ready for my next project which I am now about one quarter of the way through. It is a commission for…
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Next week I am having a break from the lion whilst I set up my exhibition “Passage” at Bath Artists Studio Gallery. I like the gallery, it is large (enough for all my work) and light. At the same time I will be running workshops. I did this last year and it worked well, it…
New stop-motion mosaic animation. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIzNxVMFjkk]
For those of you who come straight to the blog – please visit my new website – https://www.rattraymosaics.co.uk it has been redesigned and programmed by my son. If you want him to make you one contact him through his website http://www.dandart.co.uk As you will see I have taken a flying leap and decided to use…
How the Sun Wakes up in the Morning from Kate Rattray on Vimeo. It is better quality on Vimeo, but it won’t show up on here, so here it is on You Tube! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6e2SsJ6cHU]
Didn’t get far building a sledge yesterday, but walked across the fields with the kids to the village. The snow is blowing across the fields like a sand storm. It is so fine, not like the wet slushy stuff we usually have. On the steepest hill just above the village there are quite a few…
I had a manic morning finishing a model for a commission entry. Then taking the photos , printing them and putting together the statement, and cv. It is a crafts council competition , the commission is to make a work for a UK official VIP gift at the Shanghai exposition. The entry needs to be…
It was a beautiful day today. Cold and sunny. I took my family to Westhay nature reserve. It is an area on the Somerset Levels beside lakes and rhynes (pronounced “reens”) where you can walk and watch different water birds coming and going and being. From a distance, we saw geese, swans, coots and cormorants….
I was doing some Christmas shopping yesterday in Exeter, and trying to find a cd for my son. On scanning the aisles, from quite a distance my eye caught onto this cd ( you may have heard that the eye seeks faces in all kinds of surface, but in the eye of a mosaic artist one only seeks…