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Space invaders, cake and mosaic
Yesterday it was my son’s 13th birthday. I bought him this “space invaders” wallett. (He is almost too young to remember space invaders, and for anyone reading this who is also too young – it was designed and programmed by Toshira Nishikado for Taito, Japan in 1978 as an arcade game) It seemed pretty cool to find this…
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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…
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Onions and mosaic
My partner cut up the onions and as he was frying them he told me to take a look as they looked like my birds in “Dawn Breakers. ” Quite a good likeness don’t you think?
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Lions in Bath
Last year I made Prince Ropork for the King Bladud’d Pig project in Bath. This year the project are running a Lion project with similar aims. Full size lion sculptures will be displayed in the summer of 2010. Many will be painted some will be mosaiced. I have my name on the list of artists…
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Photomontage and mosaic
My final year at college (1989) I finally settled into making photomontage , and in those days without the use of a computer programme. I would cut up pictures from magazines, take photos of scenes and people and arrange the pieces, then take a final photo which I would then process in black and white….
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New Works in the making.
I completed part 2 of a new tryptic but only really satisfied with this section of it. Which means I will be making it again, only next time it will be better! Part 1 and 3 are only in conception so far. This piece is called “Dawn Breakers”.
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“In the Spirit of Chagall” exhibition at Opus Mosaic Gallery, Exeter
Looking at Marc Chagall’s work in more depth led me to question his portrayal of himself and Bella, his first wife. He paints himself with her, sometimes he is flying in the air, often she is flying. It is obvious he is besotted with her, and indeed he speaks of his love for her in…
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Mosaics in schools
I have been making mosaics with schools for 15 years, in fact the first ever mosaic I made was a 2 metre x 2metre mosaic on an outside wall of a school with the kids. Generally the mosaics are designed by the kids, I just facilitate the project, by putting their designs into a format,…
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Somerset Art Weeks
I have several pieces of work on display at the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen, Courthouse Gallery, Somerton, Somerset, UK for Somerset Art Weeks which runs from 19 September – 4 October 2009. They include a series of nine mosaics: “How the Sun Wakes Up in the Morning” (see my website), “Cygnus”, and various others. This is…
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A review by Irit Levy
Mosaic artist Irit Levy from Monaco, has written a short review about a mosaic I made called “Silver Birch Trees at Sunset”. You can read it on her blog: http://iritlevyart.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/birch-trees-taking-it-farther-to-abstract/ She has also written about several other mosaics by various artists on her blog : “Mosaic is Art “.
