Black & white style This is a result of the 4th & 5th day of the Mosaic Masterclass I took at the King’s College in London this August. We were tasks with recreating our version of the black and white figural mosaics which was very popular throughout the Roman period in Italy. For the basis …
Today I wanted to tell you about a place that has somehow become close and dear to my heart: the Southbank Mosaics and their initiative London School of Mosaic. Southbank Mosaics is a non-profit organisation based in the crypt of St John’s Church near London’s Southbank. It runs an open studio and …
Mosaic Masterclasses in London It has been a few weeks now but I finally want to write a few words about the training I took towards the end of July this year: King’s Collage Mosaic Masterclasses. Over a week we have looked into various techniques of cutting, setting and fixing …
Sticky Stick – has arrived in the UK The day has come that Sticky Stick Mosaic Assistant is finally available in the UK. It has been widely popular among mosaic artists in US and today we have Sticky Stick in stock in the UK. Shipping time is 1 day, delivery about 1 to 2 …
The ‘Tree of life’ mosaic is a first of a set of mosaics that I am considering creating. The centre of this one has been filled with gorgeous millefiori glass beads however an option is to place a photo of your loved one there, a note, anniversary date/place etc. More …
‘We will walk together’ is a mosaic I’ve created as a gift for a couple of friends for their wedding. I took the original photo in 2016 in Paris. Originally I wanted to recreate it as a mosaic but as I progressed with the mosaic, there were a few adjustments …
I don’t know what came over me but I just had to make an octopus!!! They are amazing creatures and I just knew it had to be red!!! It took me weeks to finish him but I am very happy with the results! See below for the video of the …
The Turtle mosaic is the first mosaic I have ever done, but not the first I ever finished 🙂 I worked on it at the amazing mosaic class I found in 2016 run by Cat Monstersmith. Every Thursday from 7PM to 9PM you can come to Hackney City Farm and …
The ‘Poppies Meadow’ mosaic is my second mosaic but the first I have started working on outside of the mosaic classes. I only had 3 colours of tiles when I’ve started working on it: white, red and black so poppies popped into my mind 🙂 To make the background more …
This is one of the first mosaics I have ever created. The ‘Wild Geckos’ mosaic is based roughly on Wild Geckos blog logo and the ubiquitous yin–yang symbol that holds its roots in Taoism. The yin, the dark swirl, is associated with shadows, femininity, and the trough of a wave; the yang, the light …
