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Snowbound
I had a manic morning finishing a model for a commission entry. Then taking the photos , printing them and putting together the statement, and cv. It is a crafts council competition , the commission is to make a work for a UK official VIP gift at the Shanghai exposition. The entry needs to be…
Bath Society of Artists: 105th Exhibition 2010
Last weekend I took my mosaic “Bella’s Secret” to the submission day for the Bath Society of Artists summer exhibition. I imagine it is a similar set up to the RA exhibition in London except there was not a mile long queue outside the doors! I had taken the park and ride bus and had…
Frozen in time
It isn’t long now before I have to get some new work finished for an exhibition at the Craft Gallery at the Dartington Cider Press Centre (famous for its Dartington Glass) . It has been a busy year with lions and workshops and the work I have been planning for this exhibition has had to…
Fronds 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…
Catching the Sun (The Sun God)
Some of you will remember reading about a series I am working on called Catching the Sun which is about how we harness the sun’s energy. (I was interrupted by a Swan, a Queen and a “Thing in the Garden”, but have finally caught up with myself. ) So to refresh your memories Part 1…
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…