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Pandemic life has many unpredictable twists and turns. It’s hard to imagine, but sometimes being forced to be separated makes people even more determined to do things together. This was the case in April 2020 when a group of Victorians mosaic artists decided they wouldn’t let COVID stop them from making mosaics and... |
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Indian and continental wedding symbolism on slate. The inspiration for this piece comes from my two cultures and draws on the diversities and commonalities associated with weddings on all continents. Use of bangles, marigold flowers the colour red , yellow and white, rice, shells and walking on a path are... |
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Exhibited at Chedworth Roman Villa in 2016. Glass mosaic on acrylic |
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Whispering and Screaming
This is one of my favorite mosaics. I like the combination of materials, from the rugged rock to the smalti, marble and slate.
6" x 11"
slate, smalti, marble, rock |
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Flipflops.Unglazed ceramic with glass and shells suggesting
all the treasures that sand and the tide can give up.
For sale |
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This art piece was created to commemorate a flood in 1981 that destroyed the local footbridge and houses and businesses along the river bank at Waikino where I live. A committee was established to firstly build a new Bridge (behind the wall in the photo. My wife had a new bridge funded and built with the later... |
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A Series of three pavement mosaics along a
stretch of the banks of the River Slea, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The mosaics chronicle the
history of the history and development of the movement of goods on the waterway.
Each mosaic measures 300cm x 90cm. Client: North Kesteven District Council. |
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"Solar System Vol. I"
2020
120 cm x 60 cm |
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"Fibonacci"
2019
140 cm x 60 cm |
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Flower Cloud was a commission with a purpose. The client looked out of her kitchen onto a pebble-dashed garage wall, which was a bit bleak, so she commissioned the mosaic so she would look out onto a bright colourful garden in mosaic instead.
Made onto a suitable board, the mosaic is made of bone china dishes,... |
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I really like trying to get shading in with the tesserae. |
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After new fence posts were erected in my garden I decided to brighten the boring grey concrete with mosaics.
I created brightly coloured flowers using vitreous glass, millefiori and offcuts of stained glass, and incorporated all the wildlife that visit my garden. In amongst the flowers are butterflies, ladybirds... |
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Italian and mexican smalti, glass dots. |
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Framed mixed media mosaic, using natural slate/stones, and glass for contrast in colour and texture. |
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