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I really like trying to get shading in with the tesserae. |
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Oyster
Inspired by the Pacific Ocean. Memories of childhood of marine foam and shells, in which the singing of the sea is heard.
Wall sculpture Made of marble, smalti and glass. Drops in moonstone and touches of Australian opaline. |
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A piece created for my Scottish friend with a lot of love |
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Using ceramic gloss tiles.
The grout has been coloured to match the tiles to give it that smooth finish.
20"×20" |
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Native flora again. This was the third piece I did; when I finished the basic art and before grouting I was in total disillusionment about what I had done. I didn’t think it was that good, looked very basic and lots of craters between glass and tiles. Then I grouted the piece and I couldn’t have been more surprised... |
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One of my frame designs |
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The idea for ‘Curiosity’ is inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s cabinet of curiosities in the Library of the Abbotsford House on his estate. ‘Curiosity’ was purposely designed and built as a cabinet to incorporate an earlier artwork from 1995 called ‘Intitled’. This piece is made from a glass blown bottle with scorched,... |
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This 20m2 mosaic commissioned for a new 13 storey building in Sheffield took me about 6 weeks of long days to make. I loved working with the pastel colours which are an expanded palette of the suffragette colours. Working with Professor Julie Gottlieb from Sheffield University to create the timeline etched in brass... |
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2' x 4' community mosaic created by participants at a Cheshire Mental Health Residential. Vitreous, micror and stained glass on external ply. |
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Space Merkin is a whimsical piece made from tesserae and is in turn a tessera, from the installation 'The Material and The Immaterial'. I made it whilst doing my PhD and it is a personal favourite. It now hangs as my personal avatar above my side of the bed, alongside my husband's inflatable moose,... |
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'Urban Intervention' is an example of some of the mosaic interventions I do in Glasgow. The bowl motif has often featured in my layered paintings. It has come to reflect the lengthy vacancy of buildings in Glasgow before demolition and also the act of demolition itself. I'm also inspired by the global... |
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Resin Mannequin, Metal Base, Ceramic and Metal Tiles, Glass Tiles, Millefiori Glass Cabochons, Steampunk Jewelry, Rhinestone Cup Chain, Leather Sleeve Garter, Czech Glass Buttons, Glass Butterflies, Feathers, Paper Cocoons, Sea Glass Beads, Wire Headdress Frame, Paint |
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Mirror, glass beads, found objects, sicis, vitreous and cinca tiles |
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Magik<br />
A piece that was suggested in the residual cement on the old slate roof tile. |
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Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s fairytale “The Wild Swans”. These Wild Swans mosaics come in different colour ways and are crafted from vintage china. |
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The secret garden
Size:65x65cm
Materials:opalescent glass,beads,details in Tiffany technique, on wood base |
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This mosaic was about preserving a precious memory taken from a silk sari gifted to me by my mother
The mosaic is on plywood 20cm x 20 cm using hammer and hardie in Byzantine style using glass smalti |
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A mosaic made from glass and quartz. Inspired by sunlight entering the chambered tomb of Bryn Celli Ddu on Anglesey. The mosaic is tall and narrow, representing the standing stone.
Size 30cm x 120cm |
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