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Diversity of Stained Glass
This Saturday I am running a stained glass mosaic workshop at the Creative Glass Guild in Bristol by request of the guild. They stock a huge range of glass, and I am almost wishing I was attending the class instead of running it to get my hands on all that glass! We will be making…
And now to something more serious
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…
Mosaic Heart Leaf Bird Baths at Chedworth Roman Villa
A couple of months ago Chedworth Roman Villa got in touch and asked if I was interested in submitting work for their inaugural art exhibition this year. They wanted the works to have some relationship with the Villa, a sense of place. I decided to pick out elements from the Chedworth Roman mosaics to use for…
art | bird mosaics | mosaic art | sculptureMidnight Star Lings
The Midnight Star Lings (The Birds Who Bring Stars) It’s lovely to watch the starlings return this year. They gather on the fields and the farmyards to feed, then fly off together to roost in the reeds down on the levels. If I’m lucky I see a murmuration at sunset when I’m at the Avalon…
Marble Mosaic Company and Ansar Mosaic
If you read my post The Enchanter, you will remember I used some beautiful vintage tiles in the work that were given to me by mosaicist, Elaine M Goodwin. They are lovely strong coloured thick glass tiles very similar to Italian piastrina smalti. Elaine told me she had purchased them from the Marble Mosaic Company…
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Seeing Starlings Sculpture Launch
For the last few weeks I have been making starlings for a sculpture trail on Shapwick Heath nature reserve along the Avalon Marshes in Somerset. As you know I have become completely obsessed with these amazing birds even after they have left the area! I wanted to make my own flock so that would always…
