Mosaic on Boulders – a public art project for the City of Tigard
*I could not be more proud to be the recipient of a CID award from Coverings 2021 in Orlando for this project!! I was in Mexico when the awards were…
Finding your creative voice in mosaic, part 4.
Embrace your materials. When the mosaic bug bites, you often start with a particular material because you took a class or had access to a source for tile, glass, porcelain,…
Finding your creative voice in mosaic, part 3.
If you read my first two blog posts on this subject, you will hopefully be thinking about ways to practice “looking,” and identifying and collecting the things you are most…
Finding your creative voice in mosaic, Part 2.
In my first blog on this topic, I wrote about learning to look at things more deliberately as a first step in developing artistic skill. Over the past few days,…
Finding your creative voice in mosaic, part 1.
I’ve had numerous requests for a workshop about designing for mosaic. Often, students in my classes mention that they hope to get some insight about how to work in my…
New Benches for City of Auburn part 2:
See my last post showing how the mosaic designs were created with kids in an after-school program at Auburn’s Teen Center. Now all three of the bench tops have been…
Westport Community Mural March Update
Last week, I finished the 3′ x 5′ center section of the Westport mural, then took it out into the sun to snap a photo. About half of the 12″…
What is Andamento?
Oh my goodness, you guys! I just happened on this old post, which I forgot I wrote in 2020. Since then, there has been a growing question around this topic,…
New Benches for City of Auburn, step one:
On February 25, I headed to Auburn, WA to lead a mosaic project with kids in the after school program at the Parks and Rec Department. What a great program!…
Westport Community Project Update
The community mural project in Westport, WA is slowly developing. Through feedback from local businesses and sponsors, the design keeps changing a little bit at a time and a couple…