INSIDE THE STUDIO WITH MOSAIC ARTIST RACHEL DAVIES
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- As mosaic artists we spend thousands of hours inside our studios but we rarely show ourselves in the crucial spaces which allow our work to happen.
This new series of interviews with mosaic artists changes all that - here we have a unique opportunity to talk to professional mosaicists inside their space and learn about how they work, as well as their materials and inspiration.
We often have an idea that everyone else has a perfect set up with lots of light, neat shelves and colour coordinated tesserae. But real life isnt like that.
In the second of this series, I meet Rachel Davies, a mosaic artist based in Dunblane in Perthshire, Scotland who works from her own front room and other parts of the house.
Rachel is primarily known as a slate artist but she uses other stones and glass in her work and here she talks about her inspiration in nature as well as her working space, her upcoming exhibition and her book, Mosaics Inspired by Nature, coming out in September 2024.
To find out more about Rachel: www.racheldaviesmosaics.com/
Instagram, Facebook and UA-cam: @racheldaviesmosaics
To pre-order her book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mosaics...
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Rachel's mosaic background
04:23 Rachel and slate
07:19 Rachel's studio
14:47 Rachel and other materials
16:28 Rachel's working practice
16:56 Rachel's 100 days project
18:25 Rachel talking about her work
21:03 Rachel's to beginner mosaicists
22:27 Rachel's tools
23:58 Mosaics Inspired by Nature - new book out
25:32 Contact Rachel
Thank you, Helen and Rachel. Such a genuine and warm conversation and sharing about your art space, materials and methods. I feel so happy and motivated after listening to you guys. Beautiful work, Rachel. Thank you, Helen, for this series. Really admire you both as artists and your own unique persons.
Our pleasure! That's very kind of you to say. 😀
Such an amazing series!!! Can't wait to see other artists talking about their art and space!! Bravo!
Thank you - they are great fun to do! 🙏
Never enough shelving! This interview was really lovely! 💕
Thanks so much! 😀
Thanks for the interview. I did not know about Rachael. Lovely work! Great job, Helen.
Glad you enjoyed it!
great video
Thanks! 😀
love the video. needed to hear real space .. Create or clean. Create everytime:)
So true!
Thanks for this video! I love Rachel Davies mosaic art! I want to be her when I grow up. (I’m 70)…. I figure 45 years of stained glass is enough. Time for some rock! 👍👍👍🥰🐢
😂😂 Rock is great. I love it too!
Fabulous video. Thank you.
interesting use of materials for her mosaics
New mosaicist here. I made three small mosaics while I was in Rome in February and March this year studying Italian. I loved studying Italian and I loved my time in the mosaic studio. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and it's a pity that the Institute of Mosaic Art closed in 2016 or else I would go there to learn more. I have looked around the SF Bay Area and there seems to be nothing. I love your videos. Thanks you, Helen. Do you know of any mosaic "kits" that I could purchase so that I can make mosaics at home or any online classes? Thanks again. I should add that I used the indirect method when I made my small pieces and I worked with marble tesserae. I would like to continue in the Roman style whether direct or indirect. Thanks.
Hello there. I would get in touch with Tami at Mosaic Arts Online. She will know about what mosaic kits are available in the US and also you can have a look at the incredible range of pre-recorded mosaic classes she has available which will help you take your mosaics further. There is also the option of doing my online class which tells you what to buy and then leads you through the making of the mosaic: helenmilesmosaics.org/product/ancient-principles-to-contemporary-art-create-a-mosaic-using-the-roman-rules/. Here is the link for MAO: mosaicartsonline.com/. Good luck with it all!
@@HelenMilesMosaics Thanks, Helen. Very helpful. I am happy to be starting on my mosaic journey. Much to learn.