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Author Archives: Rhona Duffy
One to Watch: Meet Marie-Paule Pierson
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the spotlight this time is Marie-Paule Pierson, a Diploma student at the London School of Mosaic, who works on mosaic commissions in France and the UK.
Competition: Another chance to get creative to win £200!
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s time to get creative! This competition is designed to inspire you to try new things. The theme this time is: Growth.
Editor’s welcome to Issue 3
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to Issue 3 of Mosaic & Glass. Once again, we have a packed magazine of inspirational and educational stories for you to enjoy! This time, our theme is business and money. Because being an artist is considered to be such an inherently solitary pursuit, something that struck me while putting this issue together wasContinue reading “Editor’s welcome to Issue 3”
No romance without finance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Oliver Budd has the last word. He shares his insights on finance, gleaned from his decades-long career.
Making the ordinary extraordinary
Reading Time: 5 minutes Rhona Duffy talks to Anne Schwegmann-Fielding about how she depicts social history in her art and connects people with materials and places.
Seven questions for … Jo Munford
Reading Time: 8 minutes Rhona Duffy talks to Hampshire-based Jo Munford, who worked in yacht interior design for years before becoming a professional stained glass artist.
The missing pieces of a public art history
Reading Time: 7 minutes Matt Hanson explores the history and cultural value of Istanbul’s apartment mosaics.
Technical tips: Options for tesserae
Reading Time: 3 minutes Peter Twining takes a look at your options for tesserae, with tips on what’s best – and best avoided – for exterior mosaics.
And this time the winner is…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Readers of Mosaic & Glass voted Alison Mac Cormaic’s Flowers, Fruit and Seedcases the winner of the ‘Nature’ themed competition in Issue 2. Congratulations Alison!
How galleries and artists benefit from a symbiotic relationship
Reading Time: 9 minutes Christina Elia talks to gallery owners about the mutual benefits of nurturing a strong relationship and secures some insights for artists considering approaching a gallery.
The essence of life in glass
Reading Time: 8 minutes After 40 years working in IT designing corporate computer systems for global companies, Yorkshire-based Pete Jauneika embraced early retirement in 2019 to concentrate on his other passion: mosaic art.
Bright, bold and happy: A journey from stained glass to mosaics
Reading Time: 7 minutes Without a formal art education, Irish mosaicist Elaine Prunty worked her way from a night class making stained glass bird light-catchers up to creating four-metre high stainless steel mosaicked structures.
In Italy, three Ravenna-based artists revive the tradition of collective working
Reading Time: 9 minutes Rebecca Ann Hughes talks to CaCO3 about their business collaboration and art ethos.
The shape of breath: 1200 Derece leads glass innovation in Turkey
Reading Time: 7 minutes Matt Hanson meets Merve Araslı, the founder of 1200 Derece, one of Turkey’s leading independent glass-makers.
Setting up as a professional stained glass artist
Reading Time: 10 minutes Angela Neustatter asks Catrin Jones and Milly Frances how it’s done.