Where to begin....

I've been talking about starting a blog about Lavieenrosemosaics for ages now, and even my capacity for procrastination has expired so here goes on a rainy afternoon at the end of April.
My mosaic life had a stuttering start several years ago when I attended a weekend course and came home with a crudely designed ungrouted mosaic mirror, a desire to do more, and a lack of confidence caused by being virtually ignored in favour of more talented and experienced people on the workshop. The mosaic seed of obsession had been planted however and several years later I discovered the wonderful mosaic courses in outdoor work run in Scotland by Jan of Wild Tiles at the fabulously mosaicked home and B & B of Katie and David. By the end of the week I was loading a table top into the back of the car and planning enough projects to last a lifetime. Three years on lavieenrosemosaics has been born named for the love of southern France and the sunshine feeling I get from making mosaics. As with all passions in the crafts world I've found new friends, endlessly kind supporters and a shedload of inspiration from all quarters. It needs to be a shedload as when in the UK my 'studio' is the garden shed.

I've progressed into a whole range of work, and I'm currently working on developing sculptural techniques to make 3 dimensional pieces for the garden. Here's Donatella the bling turtle. The next post will feature a the pre mosaic stage of my next piece so the development can be seen.
At the same time I'm working on a range of smaller pieces on slate tiles in groups of three, with three flower tiles, and the first of the woodland creatures started.

Thanks for reading - back soon with more mosaics.

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