Mosaics inspired by nature
Mosaics inspired by nature: Helen Miles demonstrates the interrelation between mosaic designs and natural patterns.
Category: Mosaic inspiration
Greece, mosaics and me
[heading size=”20″ margin=”10″]Greece, Mosaics and Me, Part I: A personal story. [/heading] Coming to Greece in 2001 stripped everything from me: language, family, friends, work, culture, points of reference and sense of self. I arrived five months pregnant with two small children after my husband took a job in Thessaloniki, Greece’s …
Lime mortar master class in Edinburgh
Mosaic Inspiration: Lime Mortar Master Class* I recently signed up for a lime mortar master class in Edinburgh and as I sat down to write about it, I felt a door gently click open. I left the writing and went back to my current mosaic project – a house warming …
There’s no world without mosaics
All summer I felt bereft; longing for mosaics, pining for my studio, aching for the peace and purpose of my work. Every summer I am obliged by the tradition of nine-week-long school holidays to down my tools and go where family and heart and other people’s needs direct me. We …
Mosaic inspiration in the park
A daily walk I know I have a bit of a tendency to see mosaics or connections to mosaics even when there aren’t any, and you might be forgiven for thinking that I am pushing things a bit to try and claim a link between mosaics and my daily walk in the park but …
Visiting Bologna
Or: Mosaic spotting in Bologna – even when there aren’t any. Meet the mosaic spotting team (from left to right): Resigned, Keen, Reluctant. We (The Team and I) were on our way from Athens to Kirkmichael (a wee bitty of a place in Perthshire, Scotland) by car and on Day One …