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I’ve been working flat out for several months and now find myself completely enclosed in a Medieval fantasy. It’s weird how the more you work on a theme the more mad and obsessed you become. However I have nearly finished the exhibits for this exhibition “Traces Revealed“. I’ll be exhibiting with two Somerset artists, Alicia…
During the final exhausting 12 hour “swanning” days to finish my swan for the Swans of Wells public art project, I was also preparing a mosaic project for Kings Hall School in Taunton. (I have a time turner like Hermione Granger !) The brief was to use their school emblem “the Pelican” for a mosaic mural…
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, before humans attempted to rule the earth, before a human was even born in fact, back in the time when the earth was made of blue butterflies, there was a very beautiful blue butterfly Queen, her name was Arion. Her particular skills were sky dancing, and…
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…
A sneak at something I am working on. This was originally intended for an open BAMM mosaic exhibition that was held in the summer 2009 “Music of the Eye” As you see I still haven’t finished it. I work on it from time to time in between other mosaics I make for exhibitions and commissions. The mosaic is…
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…
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Wow, Kate – they all look great – so much to be proud of! I was wondering if you would like to feature as Artist of the Week on my Just Mosaics facebook page – facebook.com/justmosaics.co.uk ? All I would need is a few of your favourite images and contact details emailed to me – there is a slot free in Feb…
Happy new year!
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Hi Felicity, thanks for commenting! Sounds good to me, I’ll be in touch. Happy New Year to you too!
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