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Commissioned by Sheffield NHS Trust for a year long project making mosaics with patients in the spinal injuries department and staff.
Rebuilding life after a major life change can be tricky, slowly your colours come back one by one. 27 triangular boxes were made with patients. I was lead artist working with two other... |
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I particularly like depicting blackbirds in my work. Here's a winter version. |
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It was a busy week working with all the children of St Mary's RC Primary School in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire.
We created this mosaic to remember the much loved headteacher Ms Nolan who worked 25 years at the school.
The mosaic measures 120 x 90 cm and is displayed at the school entrance.
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Alex - a dog in marble. Created on a course in September 2018 with Christian Sicault in France. |
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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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These mosaic features were created for the atrium area of the new school building. A sea theme echoed it’s Southampton location.
Materials: Vitreous glass mosaic tiles, ceramic tiles, mirror, pebbles and shells. Dimensions: 8 x 1 m. x 40 cm. panels. Practical Information: The design was created in consultation... |
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A new mosaic was commissioned to complete a sculpture trail. In the town of Inverbervie, Scotland.
This was installed at a site within a community garden in the town. The garden is being developed by a voluntary group called Brighter Bervie. They are currently planting some Scottish grown white roses as a... |
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Wall based mosaic using hand-painted ceramic, vitreous glass, ceramic, porcelain. |
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An organic-shaped mosaic sculpture made for a 'big' birthday celebration. Made using a foam core, coated and tiled, this has been made using correct methods and to be long-lasting. A simple design to reflect the garden's flowers worked very well and almost blends into it's surroundings. Read more... |
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Moonlight |
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A stained glass mosaic on wooden backer board. Inspired by "Waiting for Fish" sculpture in Porth Leven by artist Holly Bendall.
created in blue tones to represent the coast line. |
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This is an 8x8 inch work in which I challenged myself to use 'one thing'. In this instance a small chipped vase that I had in my stash. Yes, I used every piece that I broke or cut. Some pieces, like the 'wall' on which the vase has broken, were used the wrong way up - showing the inside of the... |
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With a nod to the 60's, love and flower power, this acoustic guitar is covered in flowers and hearts with a daisy chain running down the neck. |
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Based on Klimt's now destroyed Medicine mural in Vienna. Framed stained glass mosaic. |
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Bird Bath Workshop with Helen Nock |
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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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The brief for this percent for art scheme commission, was to “create an imaginative 2-D realistic representation of St. Brigid that would be child-friendly and would invite pupil participation in its construction”
Inspired by the pupils drawings , and the many legends of St. Brigid I portrayed a life-sized St.... |
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World Within, World Without was commissioned by The Victorian State Government in 2010, as a memorial to 'The Forgotten Australians'. It is now within the collection of the City of Melbourne, in a prominent riverside location at a park called Birrarung Marr in inner Melbourne. 'The Forgotten Australians... |
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I really like trying to get shading in with the tesserae. |
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