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art | bird mosaics | city | exhibitions | mosaic art | Odyssey | skies | sunriseMosaic Odysseys Festival – from London to Athens to Mykonos
Two weeks ago I returned from Athens from the Mosaic Odysseys exhibition which has now moved onto Mykonos. Being in Greece was an inspiring experience, I climbed the Acropolis and Lykavittos Hill and even though there were crowds of people around me, I still felt a connection with the ancient Greeks and I was in…
…and through the Woods
I made the “Forest Light” mosaic (see last post) pretty quickly, so I decided to make another small woodland mosaic. This time I wanted to introduce a sense of depth. This is “Morning haze in the Woods”. It took me 6 hours, which is quick for a mosaic! Just like “Forest Light” I have used…
Return of the doves
My doves have returned from their Greek Odyssey to Athens and Mykonos and are home to roost. However they are looking for a good home as I don’t have much room here for them. You can see lots of photos of them and purchase them in my shop 🙂 Save Save
art | gardens | gold leaf glass | landscape | mosaic art | mosaic glass tiles | Orsoni smalti | plants | sculpture | smalti | stained glass | sun mosaics | sunrise | treesFronds in the Sun
This summer I was asked to make a mosaic for a couple’s Golden Wedding Anniversary to place on a tree in their woodland garden. The brief was “something fairly abstract, with a suggestion of plants and flowing water and using reds, oranges, golds and magenta’s, the size to be about 120m x 50cm” It was…
What do the four seasons, four birds, and a key have in common?
This school was a joy to work with. A small primary school of just over 100 pupils, every child was able to take part in making it. I was sent lots of drawings from the children to use for a design and spent a day sketching possibilities and a final cartoon. I spent a couple…
bird mosaics | mosaic art | skies | sunsetsThe Sky is Flying with Flock ‘n Roll!
I have been revisiting an idea I had in 2011 where I made three pieces of work for an exhibition called “Flocks” at the Craft Centre in Dartington, Devon. You can see the 2011 works here You can also read about my experiments using photoshop to get an idea of grout colour and how it…
