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Close-up of a commission piece for a bathroom. The spec was to have a piece to bring together all the varied colours throughout the bathroom, plus lots of txeture! |
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Quarrying on the Ercall Hill exposed the fascinating history of the land; revealing rocks from the earliest beginnings of life on this planet. This mosaic is inspired by the layers of folded rocks exposed. |
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On a reversed table top in Mahogany! - re-use and recycle!
broken crockery, glass tiles, beads, millifiori |
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This is an example of pebble work in an intricate geometric pattern. Credit for this image goes to Neil Hepworth for an article in English Garden.
www.olicanamosaics.co.uk |
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TomatoJack Arts have worked with over 20 schools throughout Gloucestershire. |
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Unglazed ceramic 120x60cm (2015) |
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A specialty of mine is the Greek Myth Series of which Medusa is the 3rd. It was created in 2023 and for each one I accompany 10 partial progress shots with elements of the myth story in the caption text on both instagram and facebook. These are a lot of fun to create and are very popular, especially on instagram, for... |
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Italian dove with a heart of a religious symbol particular to the Puglian region of Italy.
Travertine, glass, marble, found objects and glass. |
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My first mosaic works |
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Using 1930's ceramics. |
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Lady with a pink veil mosaic 15cm by 20 cm on marine ply using ceramic and glass tiles, millfori and old jewellery. The inspiration for this mosaic came from a Lady on the street I photographed in Rajasthan. It was interesting to uncover how one art form can be transported in another medium deepening the character and... |
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Unfolding
120 x 50 cm. Smalti, marble, stained glass |
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Another specialty is the series of Film and Stage icon portraits of which Whitney is one. Others include Tine Turner, Prince, Cillian Murphy and David Attenborough.
It was the difficulty of displaying emotions in a hard medium like glass that directed me towards mosaic portraiture.
Size: 65x50cm |
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One of the hares on the 2017 Cotswold Hare trail |
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One of the fabric series. 60 x 40 cm
Vitreous glass on hand-formed substrate. |
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This is a sample piece made for my current project. I'm working on a Per Cent for Art project in a local school, making a mosaic based on native Irish trees. 2020 |
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Taking a child's favourite drawing of the Big Friendly Giant, I reproduced the whimsical character of Roald Dahl's 'The BFG', brought to life by illustrator Quentin Blake.
Vitreous glass on MDF frame. |
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