Sea Horse

Sea Horse
A commission I made before Christmas, now in a seaside home in Portscatho.

Wednesday 29 February 2012

Too Many Things On The Go!

Nothing goes to plan does it, well not in my life!  I have made a few mosaics but still haven't grouted them, they are waiting in a very patient queue at the moment but time is getting on and I must, as they say, get around to it!  I have just been asked by a friend to do a flower mosaic for her Gran to go outside so this is the first picture of a basic idea.  I have photographed it outside just now to see how the colours look in the sunshine....yes, don't faint...sunshine has actually arrived here in Cornwall after a week or two...we have been having very yukky mists for a while.  I am going to add a small blue butterfly to this design as well and maybe some mirror to bring it to life.  I only have a week to do this in so I am going to be busy.  With a mosaic that is going outside onto slate, I shall use a cement based adhesive and then grout it afterwards.  All the materials will weather well in the frosts but in really bad conditions, it is probably best to protect or bring inside.   

Thursday 9 February 2012

Changed my blog!





Hedgerow Heather Bunting

Welcome to my new blog!  I have started the New Year with a lot of ideas, all inspired by what I see and experience in Cornwall.  Winter is a beautiful time of the year, full of colour and form, if you just go outside and look closely.  There is so much detail in everything and the smells....gorgeous.  I have just finished some mosaic bunting.  My influence is the heather found in the Cornish hedges.  I have used some beautiful shiny tiles and feel that the colours match the shades and hues of the flowers, in sunshine and in the mists that surround the moors.  I have also been determined to get some unfinished mosaics done and have, amazingly for me, achieved that this week!  A beach hut parade, a LOVE plaque and a VW campervan clock.  I just have to grout them all!  The beach huts remind me of hot sunny days, sand in your toes and that lovely burnt feeling that I always get when I go to the beach!  In the meantime, I shall just look at them and wait!