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
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
I’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!!!!
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
Tags: mosaic beginners, mosaic for the garden, mosaic stepping stones, outdoor mosaic
Two 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
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!!
Tags: making mosaics, mosaic beginners, mosaic classes, mosaic workshops