Artistic Practice
Working with primarily upcycled materials, I make mosaics for indoors and outdoors, mostly decorative pieces such as mirrors, pictures, garden tables and garden sculpture. I use recycled materials in my work, including vintage crockery, ceramic artists wastage, glass scraps and wine bottle glass, broken car windows and sometimes other bits of “rubbish” that would otherwise be destined for landfill. The recycling and reuse element is very important to my practice, and to me, I know the provenance of every piece incorporated, so the finished mosaic becomes like a traditional patchwork quilt.
Selected Exhibitions: BAMM Exhibitions, Applied Arts ScotlandPerthshire Open Studios,
Collections:
National Museum of Scotland, two touch panels in mosaic, Ceramics Gallery
Paisley Legs, private
Selected Commissions:
2023 floor mosaic, kitchen splashback, private
2022 large patio spiral mosaic, private garden
2021 3 large wall mosaics for private gardens; 2 Splashbacks, garden table
2020 2 large wall mosaics for private gardens; 6 steppingstones featuring hawk moths
2018 Seven spirals in a pedestrian walkway, Perth
Community Projects:
Terra Nova School, wall mosaic working with pupils aged 8 – 13 years
Muthill Village Trust, six mosaic panels
Shieldhall Butterfly Project, large patio stepping stones
I am a member of the Closing the Loop Group, within Applied Arts Scotland, which explores sustainable practise within the makers environment.
