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I have been thinking about transferring mosaic designs onto fabric for years, longer than the big fashion companies such as Dolce & Gabbana! The trouble is they beat me to it! But seriously I know I will never get as big or famous as they are, (who would want to be that rich and famous??)…
I have been working on some new pieces of art that incorporate my drawings and photos, set in box frames and featuring mosaics of birds, bees and fish as well as eyes and suns. I like the association of the box frame with memories and treasured items. Most of the pieces I have made are…
The fields in the last few weeks have been an abundance of yellow buttercups. I couldn’t do it much justice with my photos but it was much better than this: The skies have been pretty impressive too: No need to look far for inspiration! I made this mosaic indirectly only because I had to work…
A Prophetic Tree (part 3) If you read the last 2 posts you will have some insight into the sculpture I am making for an exhibition at Delamore House, Devon in May. In response to the very sad and destructive fungal disease causing ash dieback, I have now finished my “remembrance” sculpture/seat. It retraces the path…
A PropheticTree (part 2) I took lots of photos of the ash tree bark and chose the tiles I would use, which included some recycled floor tiles that have been in a dark corner of my garden for years and some of my own hand-made stoneware tiles. I studied photos of Viking standing stones from Scandinavia…
After the apocalypse on 21 December I hoped my surviving little bird (see video) would take me somewhere new, beautiful and fresh, but it seems I am still on the apocalyptic hill! I feel compelled to make a piece of art about an issue that is very close to home but goes back in history a long way….
As I was in such a rush to release the news about my book, “Passage to the Sun“, I forgot to tell you a bit about it. I’ve been working on it on and off for a couple of years. I wanted to show my journey, not just how my work has developed since 2005,…
If you are a musician, you probably know what “andamento” means. In mosaic terms, “andamento” is the directional placement, course, or “flow” of tiles in a mosaic. Some of the first mosaics using andamento in interesting ways were made by the Romans. Have a look at this mosaic – this is a section from…
I thought you should know that I am out of my winter hibernation early and I have taken up jogging to sweep away the cobwebs and the excess fat gained from the Christmas booze and chocs! So full of energy I am, with plans for new projects and with some already completed. But more of…
I sleep like a bear in the winter holidays, but this morning my partner woke me at 8am to look at the sunrise. Bleary eyed I bumbled about, threw open some windows to the biting cold and took some pictures. Most of the photos are blurred (wouldn’t yours be if you were barely conscious?) This…
On a wet grey day back in March I made my first sunshine pendant. I made it to cheer me up and to remind me always to bring the sun with me! Well maybe it was chance but no sooner had I put it on the sky started to clear and the rest of the…
The nice lady Ruth at the “Somerset Guild of Craftsmen’s Courthouse Gallery” in Somerton is housing some of my little birds until they find some nice homes to go to. The others have migrated to Folksy until they find homes. This is a photo I took when they were visiting me. If you would like one please…