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Detail from a larger mosaic mural on a garden wall, France |
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Three Fat Ladies mosaic in glass tesserae on plywood. |
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A play on the combination of Andamento and entropy
unglazed ceramic, gold smalti, shards on hand-formed substrate |
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vitreous glass, mirror tile, ceramic objects, broken crockery, gold tile |
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A commission for the botanical gardens pavilion in Sheffield. |
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This glass-on-glass mosaic was made on a repurposed wood window. I patterned the rooster after Corny, the Kellogg Corn Flakes mascot. Italian millefiori add some dazzle to the sun rays. |
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"TRY" My first mini trade card and also my first Pique Assiette, kinda did it in a rush, because I could not get into my studio and waited till the last minute to make room to get in there and work, it was harder to do than I anticipated but I guess that is because it was my first one and I had a deadline,... |
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This is still one of my personal favourites. I quarried the slate from a hole in the ground close to my house in central Victoria, and split it down to paper thin slices. I laid these slices on edge to describe the impossibly fragile twiggy threads of this little wren's nest I found in my garden.
Now the work is... |
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Made with smalti and shale. 53 cm (21") in diameter |
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The water feature sits in a quartered paradise garden and is fed by octagonal ponds at either end through shallow rills.
The Carrara marble is incised with Venetian handmade glass (smalti). The plain off-white pebble insets provide a frame the feature.
www.olicanamosaics.co.uk |
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No title . Glass inks iridescent glass and 24k gold Smalti on slate |
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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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Commissioned by a keen fisherman to be above his kitchen Aga! I used vitreous glass throughout created on hardie board. |
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Famous landmark study in mosaic, 2019-20, 915mm square, worked in patterned china and glass. Created for a solo exhibition, Feb 2020. SOLD |
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This 8x8 inch piece was created as a result of the Prompt from a Pro - Helen Miles that I came across in 2020, before I joined BAMM. The challenge was to create a virus and in doing so, realise beauty in the form. The 'round' virus section was made first, using on china on mesh. I then mounted my virus... |
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My first mosaic works |
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This was a truly dynamic project as you can see from the end result. Working with a select group of GCSE art students we came up with a design that celebrated their energy, optimism, cultural heritage and interests.
Materials: Vitreous glass mosaic tiles, ceramic tiles and mirror. Dimensions: Starting at 2... |
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This native tree grows wildly in Matheson Bay, Northland, New Zealand and the people commissioning this 2.8metre x1metre piece of art wanted to celebrate this native flora with ‘huge’ flowers and have the piece spread across their beautiful garden. The flowers range between 800mm and 600mm diameter, and each needed... |
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