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I was delighted to receive another commission from my customer who commissioned the hob back splash Sunset over the Solway . The brief was to make a smaller picture that would have echos or elements of the larger mosaic whilst also adding something of the magic from a piece she had just bought from my…
Oh yes it’s that time again when we are all scrabbling around trying to find interesting presents for our families and friends. And there is news that we might have a white Christmas here in the south west UK, so all the more reason to get the shopping done now and then hopefully we can…
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 busy over the summer months creating a mosaic for a customer to display behind her kitchen hob. I was delighted to be offered this commission as the subject of it was as close to my heart as it was hers. She sent me some photos of the sun setting over the Solway,…
I take so many photos of the landscape around me, usually they serve as reference points for work that takes me somewhere beyond that which is seen. This time I decided to make a couple of pieces that are purely representational. At least more or less ! The first inspired by this dramatic sunset last…
I have been playing with my jigsaw again and made four new pieces of work for “Six” – an exhibition showcasing six local makers – at the Hawthorn Gallery, Blandford Forum, Dorset. The exhibition began on 14th January and runs until 22nd March 2014. The series is called “The Three Trees” and illustrates the four…
That mottled sky that inspired “Where The Flying Things Go” (see last post) led to another mosaic, more relevant to the mottled or “mackerel” sky as it is known. It is known as mackerel as the cloud formations resemble the markings on a mackerel fish. Here is another look at that sky: This time I wanted…
As I watched the sun go down over the hill one evening, it shone directly through the middle of a tree in the distance. It seemed as if it had burnt a hole right through the tree and the leaves around it gradually changed colour from orange to green. The photo I took didn’t reveal…
Lying on the forest floor looking up at the tops of the trees, the sun shining through fresh green leaves was the inspiration behind this piece. I made several colour drawings using the same design, however I struggled with the green, finding the right shade and how to work it into the design without it looking like a football!…
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 collected another new piece of work from my framers yesterday. This is “Gathering Darkness”. It takes the idea from my Flocked series – How the Sky Becomes Blue and The Birds Who Bring the Dusk (see mosaics here) into the night. It was also inspired by staring at Deep Sunset through the Woods (see mosaic here)…
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…