PEWTER THUMBNAIL
DESCRIPTION:
This small wall piece is made to low relief using a combination of techniques which make it interesting in texture and colour. An abstract design which responds well to changing light.
TAU CROSS 1
DESCRIPTION:
The Tau Cross is one of the oldest letters known and signifies Life, Resurrection and Reincarnation amongst many other attributes. It is associated with a Roman god, Mithras, the Greek God, Ottis, St. Anthony, and the Sumerian god Tammuz. It represents a gate or opening, with the Earth in its horizontal line and Heaven at the top of the vertical line. Known by many names it is used in this wall mosaic as a symbol of protection in combination with Ichthys the Christian symbol. The piece is made with traditional materials using soft tonal colours.
TAU CROSS 2
DESCRIPTION:
The Tau Cross is one of the oldest letters known and signifies Life, Resurrection and Reincarnation amongst many other attributes. It is associated with a Roman god, Mithras, the Greek God, Ottis, St. Anthony, and the Sumerian god Tammuz. It represents a gate or opening, with the Earth in its horizontal line and Heaven at the top of the vertical line. Known by many names it is used in this wall mosaic as a symbol of protection in combination with Ichthys the Christian symbol. The piece is made with traditional materials using soft tonal colours.
MEMENTO 2
DESCRIPTION:
This relief wall mosaic was first shown in the exhibition: Kirkcudbright Modern Makers at Kirkcudbright Galleries in 2019, and subsequently on the online (Lockdown replacement) exhibition of BAMM work: Between the Lines,which was to have shown at The Christopher Boyd Gallery, Old Gala House, Galashiels in March 2020. It is a thumbnail impression of a space where time and memory meet, often unidentified, a fusion of fact and fiction, which nether less seems ultra real in our consciousness.
SUPERPLUME
DESCRIPTION:
This wall mosaic was originally made as one of a set of three hand-painted mosaics for the exhibition celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth at Opus Mosaic Gallery in Exeter, in 2008. Earth, Fire and Water were represented, and Superplume has the strength of intensity of colour and textural depth that describes the rage and energy of that phenomenon. It has also been shown at several venues including the Reghed Centre in Cumbria.