We still have a few places left….please get in touch if you fancy coming along: info@traceycartledge.co.uk or book online: click here
Tags: mosaic beginners, mosaic for the garden, mosaic stepping stones, outdoor mosaic
Olympic Inspired School Sculpture Project
11 MayI’m looking forward to working with Y5 next week to create some fantastic Olympic sports figures in a style that will be an homage to Tony Cragg.
Working with the dual themes of ‘the Olympic Games’ and ‘eco’, we have a project here that beautifully fulfils both. Our figures will be assembled from found objects in the Olympic colours, depicting Olympic sporting heroes. As a bonus, children will learn about Tony Cragg, research our selected UK Olympians: Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis, Usain Bolt, Rebecca Adlington and Steve Redgrave. They will also have a rare chance to use hammers and glue guns and work on a very large scale.
Just like Tony Cragg, we will make our figures by assembling found objects into the silhouette shapes of our five heroes. In our project, each one will be composed of one single colour, using the five colours of the Olympic rings: red, green, blue, yellow and black.
A collection of suitably coloured recycled and found objects is being gathered by the Y5 pupils. I’m just hoping there will be enough! So if you have the opportunity this weekend to do a clear out in your shed or toy box, please send in anything that we can incorporate – we’re aiming for each of these figures to fill an 8′ x 4′ panel, so we need lots!!!!
Make a Mosaic Stepping Stone with us on May 26th!!
10 MayIf you watched any of those programmes in the series ‘Love Your Garden’ with old Alan Titchmarsh or if you’re a fan of Kirties Allsopp’s ‘Homemade Home’ you might have seen beautiful mosaics creating a focal point in various gorgeous gardens. Did you fancy having a go yourself? Didn’t get round to it? Well, opportunity is here knocking on your door – come and join us at Hulme Community Garden Centre on 26th and make one under expert supervision – you’ll even get a FREE GIFT mosaic kit to take home with you as well!!!
The workshop starts at 10.00am in the Straw Bail classroom – I believe that it is the first of its type in Manchester but please correct me if you know otherwise! We’ll spend some time working out the design for your mosaic inlay and then you’ll get to work creating the mosaic on a template. Plenty of help will be given at every stage, so don’t worry if you are a complete beginner, you won’t be alone. The frost resistant cinch tiles come in a fabulous range of colours, so you will have plenty of choice for your design.
Once your mosaic design is complete, you will mix concrete and mortar and use these mixes to cast your stepping stone, complete with your mosaic inlay. Its great fun – just like making mud pies except with permanent and more beautiful results!! These stepping stones are wonderfully durable and will last for many decades in your garden. All the equipment will be there for you. People always work at different speeds with mosaic so if you like to take your time and spend the full session on this project, you can do. Nobody will rush you. If, however, you’re a speedy worker there will be a bonus opportunity to try out a few other mosaic techniques too.
Each participant attending this workshop will also receive a gift to take home. To help keep up your new skills, you’ll be given a funky little mosaic fridge magnet kit that you can complete at your leisure. They make great gifts for friends’ birthdays….
The price of the workshop is £84.00, inclusive of all materials and regular refreshments. Online booking is easy, just follow this link: BOOK WORKSHOP NOW
For more information and a booking form, please e-mail me as soon as possible at tracey.cartledge@o2.co.uk or phone me on 0161 860 0387. Places are limited!!
Tags: mosaic beginners, mosaic for the garden, mosaic stepping stones, outdoor mosaic
Chorlton Mosaic Group visiting Victoria Baths to inspire New Work
1 MayTwo opportunities – this Sunday, 6th May or next Wednesday 9th May – we’ll be looking around the baths, armed with cameras and/or sketchbooks to get inspired and source some starting points for our forthcoming exhibition….
Tags: Manchester Mosaic, mosaic classes, mosaic workshop, new ideas, Victoria Baths
Chorlton Mosaic Class – Recent Work
6 Apr
'Crocuses' by Jane
An earlier post showed some of the exciting work produced by the Thursday evening mosaic class in Chorlton that we photographed for the Topps Tiles annual Achievement in Mosaic Award. It was only the tip of the iceberg, though. Here are a few more images of the group’s wonderful work for your viewing delight!!
Mosaic Fire Guard by Debbie. Inspired by wrought ironwork at Victoria Baths, Manchester.
'Gift' by Helen
Mandala by Sarah
'A Slice of Pizza' by Maggie
'Lemons' by Maureen
'Picasso's Dove' by Mark
'Direction Found' by Sarah
Tags: making mosaics, mosaic beginners, mosaic classes, mosaic workshops
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