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Rejected!
I got the postcard on Thursday – both pieces of work stamped with the word "unplaced" which I suppose is a politically correct way to say "rejected"! I went to collect the work on Friday with my friend. A lady ushered us through the gallery where most of the selected work was on the walls,…
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New Arrivals and Old Mothers
I have just submitted 2 new pieces for the Bath Society of Artists Summer Exhibition. Last year I submitted Bella’s Secret, (see post here) and it was accepted for the show, so I thought I would give it another go. Not sure what they will think of these two though! The first is called “Emerging Artists”…
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Third Time Lucky
Well, I couldn’t resist! To my new subscribers – please don’t leave, I promise the next post will be about mosaic !
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Street Art
I thought it was about time (again) to add a post about something other than mosaic! Another fascination I have is with street art, especially graffiti art. Here are some snaps of some graffiti I have found recently. Apart from the striking images, Graffiti art appeals to me as it is an “outsider art” in…
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Spring and Summer Mosaic Workshops
Details of my new workshops are on my website www.rattraymosaics.co.uk/courses The first of these will be a weekend workshop in May at the Black Swan Arts Centre in Frome, Somerset. The workshop is for beginners or improvers and we will use glass and ceramic mosaic tiles and stained glass. There will be some different tiles…
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…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…
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Flying through the Dark into the Light
In 2009 I was taken out of my comfort zone when making a mosaic for the Heavens above exhibition at the Opus Gallery in Exeter. I am used to working with warm bright colours and golds, but I decided to make a night sky mosaic using a lot of black. The swan wasn’t so bad…
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Topps Tiles Competition Winner!
This year (2010-2011) again one of my students has won a Topps Tiles award for Achievement in Mosaic. I submitted several mosaics from the Ammerdown course last year, and Rebecca Leggett won with her wonderful piece “Autumnal Birch”. Rebecca has won a cheque for £100 and I have won £300 worth of Topps Tiles vouchers,…
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The Golden Section, the Butterfly Effect, Mandalas, Dragonflies and other Beautiful Patterns
I was teaching the glass on glass technique again this weekend at Bristol Creative Glass Guild. I had 7 fabulous creative students. Here are their wonderful pieces of art lit up by that beautiful bright blue sky.
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Solar flares and charity project
London mosaic artist Karla Duterloo has been working hard lately organizing a mosaic art project to raise funds for the Esther Benjamins Trust. www.ebtrust.org.uk EBT has a mosaic studio in Nepal, providing essential employment for young workers rescued as children by the Trust. Mosaic artists around the globe have sent Karla a 20 x 20 mosaic which…
