Studio Workshop
Sue makes the magic happen from her temporary home in Adelaide.
The studio is where my creative thoughts find their way onto different surfaces. I use a collection of found items and love the process of finding materials to work with. I visit tip-shops, second-hand stores, garage sales, 'buy, swap & sell' sites, glaziers, and tile shops.
While mosaic is an artwork in itself, I do like them to take on a functional form.
I love to seek out and up-cycle vases of different shapes and sizes, seeing the design already wrapping around the shape and before I’m even out of the shop.
For inspiration I love to walk the beaches, looking for old glass, wondering where it may have come from, the form it had before now. Exploring the bush is another place I look for inspiration. Textures and colour are important features that make people want to touch and feel the mosaic.
Sky blue urn ready for grout, 2019
“I stick to simple! It has worked through the centuries and has proven to last. I only use hand tools and after years of getting to know them I can cut all the shapes that I need.”
Tesserae Forest before mounting
Tesserae Forest, Cooroy Butter Factory, 2017. Two panels each 600mm x 1200 mm
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