Moora Moora Mosaics

Media: Mixed media, Mosaic

Exhibition and News

I will be participating in the following art events this summer:

Warwickshire Summer Art Weeks

The Pailton Art Fest in Rugby – 8th and 9th August

Biography

I am a self-taught mosaic artist. I specialise in vitreous glass mosaics and also incorporate ceramics, beads, stained glass and found materials suitable for the art. I discovered the art of mosaic by chance and it was love at first sight. My mosaics are inspired by life around me, particularly embodying my love of nature through flowers, leaves, birds and trees. I have learnt and perfected my technique to be able to cut a 2cm glass tile into a variety of shapes and sizes to give texture and dimension to my work, much like how complex embroidery is done using many different stitches.

I started my journey in mosaics in 2010 at the Kur-ring-gai Art Centre in Sydney, Australia. A year later, I moved to India and started my home studio. My work and studio was the first of its kind in India when I started in 2011. I have been commissioned for mosaic table tops, coasters, terracotta bird baths, trivets, glass bottles and wall murals. I have taught adults and children alike. Art students from school and colleges have created mosaic murals in my studio to be included in their art portfolios. 

I moved to Kenilworth in 2022 and set up my home studio.

I am excited by the idea of creating movement and fluidity using hard, unrelenting, square tiles. Over the years, I have experimented and improved my cutting skills to be able to achieve fluidity in my work using a medium as hard as glass. All my tiles are carefully hand cut.

The idea of recycle and repurpose is another source of inspiration for my work. To that end, I love mosaicing bottles and discarded wooden items, giving them a new lease of life. As much as possible, I avoid buying new substrata to reduce my carbon footprint. I visit my local recycle centre, charity shops and second-hand furniture shops looking for items suitable for mosaicing on.

I prefer to hand draw my initial sketches. I have adapted my style of very organic drawing and do not look for realism or perfection. Once I begin the actual mosaic work, I give a lot of thought to shades, shapes, depths, shadows and perspective.

 

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