The Whirlwind That Takes Me There (animation)

Bykaterattray August 18, 2016February 21, 2023

animals | lions | mosaic art

Lions Roar Weekend
Bykaterattray September 30, 2010

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…

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mosaic art | opus sectile | zelij

Space invaders, cake and mosaic
Bykaterattray December 11, 2009

Yesterday it was my son’s 13th birthday. I bought him this “space invaders” wallett. (He is almost too young to remember space invaders, and for anyone reading this who is also too young – it was designed and programmed by Toshira Nishikado for Taito, Japan in 1978 as an arcade game) It seemed pretty cool to find this…

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bird mosaics | butterflies | city | London | mosaic art

Two More Weeks in Upper Street, Angel, Islington
Bykaterattray April 10, 2016March 6, 2021

For the last two weeks and for the following two weeks I have several pieces of my work in a new pop up shop in Angel, Islington, London. Makers & Friends is at 126 Upper Street, selling hand made jewellery, prints, cushions, soaps and herbal concoctions. I haven’t visited yet but I hear the shop…

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lions | mosaic art | sculpture

Lions of Bath – project progress 10
Bykaterattray June 5, 2010

I spent some very long hours finishing my lion at the end of this week. A 12 hour shift on Tuesday completing the face, followed by a further 10 hours on Wednesday grouting and a final 6 hours cleaning remaining grout and bloom. The grouting was extremely hard work. I used an epoxy grout which…

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art | bird mosaics | leaf mosaics | mosaic art | mosaic glass tiles | opus sectile | sculpture | skies | sun mosaics | sunrise | sunsets | trees

Do Swallows Eat Olives?
Bykaterattray June 16, 2017

This commission for a private customer was a delight to make. My clients wanted a mosaic for their wall outside their house. After initial discussions by email and a site visit I made three drawings and they chose this one. As my clients didn’t want very strong or bright colours I chose to use stained…

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mosaic art

The culture of popular art versus humble pie
Bykaterattray January 14, 2011

This story was sent to me today: A musician played the violin in a Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 60 minutes. During that time approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After: 3 minutes A middle aged man…

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Martina Korkmaz says:

August 19, 2018 at

Wow! Sorry, I wish I had more words. Speechless.

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