My most recent piece—still far from completion, but incorporating 2 different processes I enjoy working with—mosaics and papiermaché.
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Showing posts with label mosaic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mosaic. Show all posts
Monday 29 June 2015
Sunday 3 May 2015
Weekend Wonder
After my recent visit to Sicily and an inspirational visit to an artist's studio-shop in the little town of Monreale, I decided to have a go at a mosaic technique I saw being used there.
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Sunday 19 April 2015
Mosaic Puzzle
Exquisite mosaics of - Capella Palatina that have to be viewed in Sicily, Italy
Photos by Alison
Day
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Friday 16 January 2015
Mosaic Waves
Upcycled mosaic table top with an organic, multicolour design, created using a mix of conventional white tiles, handpainted tiles and pieces of mirror.
Monday 23 April 2012
Thursday 23 February 2012
Drink & B Merry
Brilliant use of bottle caps, I'm impressed! - Re-cycle...Re-use...Re-invent!
Unfortunately, artist unknown, but if anyone finds the link, please pass it on as I'd love to credit him/her.
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Funky Chunky but Blue
...Mosaic Blue Bracelet; an original Alison Day Designs.
Centre stage, my eco buzz-word ethics have been used in the
making of this accessory : 'Re-cycle, Re-use, Re-invent'
making of this accessory : 'Re-cycle, Re-use, Re-invent'
Want to know more, see more, own one? ...
Well follow the cyber trail along this route ...
& find out more: here
& find out more: here
All Designs: © Alison Day Designs
Monday 22 August 2011
Mosaic Fish Jewel
Re-cycle, Re-Use, Re-invent. Fish is made using papiermaché, glass, mirror pieces, and whatever comes to hand.
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Tuesday 16 August 2011
Poppy Mosaic Jewel
Poppy Mosaic Jewel (17cm x 15cm) made from papiermaché and re-cycling of bits and bobs.
Monday 4 July 2011
Funky Upcycled Handbag
This handbag I found in a vintage store...A generic, black, ladies handbag, but still in good nick....It needed new life blasting into it...so that's what I did!
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Lola - Portrait
Lola by Alison Day
Meet Lola...
my submission for the 2010 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010
in London, England.
Yes, I was
actually mad enough to send her, packed in kilometres of bubble wrap and
cardboard, from The Netherlands to my sister (Caroline) in London. Using
UPS, which was a story in itself, as during tracking she got stuck in the depo
for 24 hours, went round and round in circles on their carousel for
no apparent reason, until they finally decided to send her on her way. Shortly
after that I flew over end of March and together with my sister and niece,
Carina, took her to the RA. The whole project was incredibly exciting from
start to finish and even though this year my work wasn't chosen to take part in
the exhibition, my interest has been awakened...and there's always next year!
On another
visit to England in July, we of course had to make a trip to the RA to see
what did finally get into the exhibition...we saw a lot
of great work and some monumental crap too, from so-called 'eminent' artists. I
won't mention names, as I don't want to give them extra publicity, but also
don't want to be sued for slander! That said, I still think Lola would have
fitted nicely into the exhibition, but of course I am biased and it probably
was very difficult choosing 1267 pieces out of 10,000 submissions!
A word of
criticism, however, directed @ the RA...I do think that prominent artists
should be limited to a maximum of two pieces of artwork, seeing as space is at
a premium. Also, to the misguided person who decided that it would be better to
space out the artworks and not 'paper' the walls from floor to ceiling, as
has been tradition since 1769, resulting in less artists' work being
exhibited...'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' I'd say!
Lola is one
of my papiermaché-mosaics. So far, my subject matter has the re-occurring theme
of portraits of women. In my eyes, I choose the fairer sex, because of their
chameleon-like diversity as well as their unequaled adaptability and
creativity. As a result womankind has provided me (and still continues to do
so) with an endless supply of studies for completed as well as future projects.
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