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- bird mosaics | mosaic art | sea | skies | sun mosaics | sunsets | wind
Flight from the Waves of Solway
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…
Rain
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KtKm_wCo2M] Just made this stop – motion animation using two photos of the mosaic “Rain” that I made in 2005.
Springtime on the Somerset Levels
My second “representational” landscape mosaic (see last post for the first) was inspired by the intensely bright yellow wild rape and the white cow parsley edging the road on my way to Somerset Crafts on the Avalon Marshes. I made a sketch I decided to make this indirect as my yellow stained glass was thinner…
- animals | lions | mosaic art | sculpture
Behold the Lion!
At the end of last week I went to pick up a lion. (One of the more exciting aspects of being an artist!) This lion was quite extraordinary – he was very quiet – in fact he didn’t move at all – but I am hoping I will breathe some life into him. Here is…
Sunshine Pendants
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…
- mosaic art | sun mosaics | sunsets | trees
Chasing the Flow
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…