Scarborough Welly

A fun way to represent the highlights of Scarborough's seafront.

Isolation Creation update

It's now the end of week five and I've finished the nine panels. I now have to decide which side of the door I want to use - white or green. No rush - I can't buy paint at the moment to complete the restoration!

The frog prototype is framed and for sale - £22 

Frog mosaic

Following on from my last post, the frog is now mounted and framed.

The "Isolation Creation" is making progress too, with only one panel left to make and then all nine panels to grout

Isolation Creation

It's two months since my last post, which doesn't mean I haven't been creating. We're now into week three of lock down but fortunately I had already received an old half door with nine glass panels, and I had in my head my next big mosaic project. 

I've personalized a garden scene  ... iris and poppies (my favourite flowers), a Robin (my grandson) and our garden pond with goldfish, frogs and dragonflies.

Luckily we can still order online, so the postman keeps arriving with deliveries of mosaic tiles - and I'd already bought the MDF before B and Q had to close. 

The ongoing title seems obvious - ISOLATION CREATION - maybe when it's all over I'll think of another!

 Below is progress so far. 

 I did a prototype of the first panel, to make sure it would fit. This one is grouted, and is ready for mounting and framing.

Giraffe Mosaic

Last year we were so lucky to go on safari in Kenya and Tanzania, and we saw lots of these amazing animals - really close to our vehicle. This is my first giraffe mosaic - previously I've sketched them, made giraffe greetings cards, sewn giraffe cushions and created giraffes in batik.  I'm inspired to do more in this medium in the future.

 This picture is a 30cm x 30cm  mosaic in a 43cm x 43cm box frame (please email for a price if you'd like to buy it).

Below are photos of the making stages, from the design to the messy grouting to finally framing and signing it.

Shaun the Sheep hats

 

Six more hats ready for posting to West Yorkshire. Hope they prove useful in this cold weather.

Saw-whet owl ... Sax-Zim Bog, USA

I've just posted this tiny piece of artwork (5" x 5") to Minnesota, to a conservation site which is "protecting the Sax-Zim bog for future generations of birds and birders."

 It sounds amazing and 'reet up my street' with my love of owls. I called him 'Eh Up', that being a Yorkshire dialect greeting for HELLO. 

At the end of January 2020 they're holding a gala dinner and silent auction of pieces of artwork, to raise funds for their conservation work.

'Eh Up' is made by wet and needle-felting, and he's on a batik background.

GOOD LUCK fundraisers.