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Made for the Perthshire Open Studios Taster exhibition at the Bield, near Perth.
The chicken / cockerel is one from the Bield's steading, and is quite a flamboyant one! The Bield operates as a charity, and offers placements for young adults who need to learn skills, including communication, work ethos etc... |
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"ROCKY ROAD" This piece was started in a Rachel Davies zoom class, Unlocking the Potential of your Mosaic Materials -Amazing life changing workshop! I used slate as my substrate, local rocks from my neighborhood, copper wire, copper coated BB's and one Millefiori. This was my first piece done with rocks... |
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I want to take mosaic making into a more contemporary and graphic space, These expressive gestures are createddigitally and executed into an object of noble permanence using ancient techniques borrowed from art history. This piece is com prised of 4 elements which can be rearranged to suit the space or the owners... |
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Based on Klimt's now destroyed Medicine mural in Vienna. Framed stained glass mosaic. |
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Fiberglass Mannequin, Glass Base, Metallic Ceramic Tiles, Glass and Metal Tiles, Glass Chips, Bugle & Pyramid Beads, Millefiori, Pendants, Brooch, Czech Glass Buttons, Rhinestone Cup Chain, Silver Wire Beads, Metal Findings, Colored Wire, Cream Wax, Leopard-Resin Electroplated Silver |
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The De Luci Fish Mosaic Sculpture |
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This design is based on an embroidered parasol from a photograph taken while in Northern India with my mother. |
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This feature is in a quiet area of a private estate. Created in lapis lazuli, jade, slate, pebbles and a range of semis precious materials.
www.olicanamosaics.co.uk |
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Strix is a barn owl who will live under an ornamental pear tree in Wales, after spending a couple months in "Art in the Garden" at Hopetoun Garden Centre, West Lothian, Scotland.
Strix is made of aluminum wire and cement adhesive and is covered in mosaic pieces ranging from shells, to silver spoons to... |
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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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Created from a photograph of Yarmouth Harbour on a January morning in thick fog, but with a beam of sunlight shining through. 915mm square. Worked mainly in ceramic tiles and china. This mosaic will be shown at my solo exhibition next spring at Quarr Abbey. |
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This beach shelter was always littered and an ugly mess. Since the mosaic went up, it is now used and enjoyed by beach visitors with respect. |
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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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LARKIN WITH TOADS 2010
Larkin with Toads was a large scale, mass participation public art event that populated Hull with enormous decorated toads for 10 weeks during the summer of 2010.
This formed part of the Larkin25 festival (www.larkin25.co.uk) celebrating the poem 'Toads'.
After the event my... |
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A community arts and wellbeing project that helps to support women and girls in reclaiming positive attitudes towards public spaces. |
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Recycled ceramic and glass |
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Mirror, glass beads, found objects, sicis, vitreous and cinca tiles |
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