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The snow is deep on the fields, and the car is stuck in a ditch about a quarter of a mile down the road. I haven’t done much work in the last few days, and succumbed to the cleaning and sledging (guess which I would rather do!)
Happy Winter Celebrations !
‘Birds of omen dark and foul, Night-crow, raven, bat, and owl, Leave the sick man to his dream – All night long he heard your scream’ from an Ancient Gaelic Melody by Sir Walter Scott As early man was fearful of the night it is not surprising that ancient stories depict the owl as a…
If you read my last post you will have seen the progress so far on a mosaic I am making called “Solar City” which is part 2 of a series called “Catching the Sun”. I am making the mosaic in the double indirect, or reverse reverse technique for reasons described in the last post. These…
I sold my forest mosaics soon after the beginning of the Forest Exhibition at the Opus Mosaic Gallery in Exeter, and thought it would be good to make some more. I walk in woods quite often around Somerset and take photos as I go. I chose some photos to work from, made quick 2 minute…
Mosaic Odysseys Festival moving on to Athens and Mykonos The first exhibition for the Mosaic Odysseys Festival at the Hellenic Centre in London was a great success. We had a lot of visitors and several sales. After selling my works “The Whirlwind That Takes Me There” , “The Enchanter“,and “The Four Winds“, I decided to…
I was asked by my sponsors of my Zillion lion (Zenith International) made in 2010, if I would decorate an egg for the Bath Egg Hunt. It is to celebrate The Egg Theatre’s 10th Anniversary. This isn’t paid work but it is small (about 12 inches high) and gives me a chance to experiment and…
Last weekend I was teaching the glass on glass method and glass on wood at Bristol Creative Glass Guild. My students were all happy with their achievements and you will see why if you visit the page on this blog http://katerattray.wordpress.com/mosaic-workshops/stained-glass-mosaic-workshop They are all beautiful creative pieces, and I especially like Carla’s rendition of the “Guggenheim”….