New Mosaics

 Most on view through April at River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, Maine.

   I'm looking forward to being on an "Artist Round Table" on Saturday related to the

exhibition at River Tree Arts in Kennebunk,ME. I am exhibiting mosaics in this show related

to emotions and storytelling. This is "Eleventh Hour". We are facing so many.......

 

Bike Part Spirographs at the Merry Maker Fair

I resurrected the Bicycle Chain Spirographs  for Biddeford's Merry Maker Fair. They were a standard offering of Bike Part Art at public events prior to Covid but I wasn't sure what to expect now. Happily, children still found them engaging and Adults had a moment of nostalgia to when they first came on the scene in the 1960's & 70's.  The challenge of pressing down and to the side at the same time with a colored pencil had a couple kids participating more than once.  I also tell the story of the inventor Denys Fisher. When I first created these, there was very little information about him but now there is more:

 A Biography written by his son! - https://denysfisher.com/

A BBC video:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBvUahtCwqY&t=47s

Also many online sources for the Math behind this much loved and now nearly Vintage toy. 

  

              

NEW SIGN for the Pierson Lane Childrens' Garden Gate!

 

This is the back of the Pierson Lane Childrens' Garden sign still in process for attaching the molding. 

All the little critters were made by local youth  (and one mentor)  This was a "learning piece" but we hope to create more mosaics for Biddeford Gardens in the future! 

Pewter Casting this week!

I enjoyed pewter casting this week with youth from APEX Youth Connection. We were casting into kinetic sand molds that were impressed with shells, buttons and small forest creatures like turtles and frogs. 
 

"Robot on Fire "at the Becket Arts Center, Becket ,MA

  If you are anywhere near Becket ( about an hour west of Northampton, Ma) please stop in and see the  Members Show of the New England Mosaic Society, runs until May 25th.

My piece is glass on glass and relates to the fragility of Data Centers and how their content can be lost, especially to wildfires. 

CMA2 Impact Mosaic Campaign - Earth Day 4/22/2025

 I was honored to be invited to participate in an online exhibition with other mosaic artists that use recycled, found, or natural materials in their work. It was created in celebration of Earth Day.

The webinar is only for members although it's free to join Contemporary Mosaic Arts 2 which is an online forum for artists working in mosaics worldwide. They have wonderful webinars!

 Here are a few of the other artists that participated in this webinar:

Anne Schwegmann-Fielding

https://www.anneschwegmann-fielding.com/

Julia Slyunkova  (*creator of the webinar)

https://www.instagram.com/nonamestudiomosaic/

Paul Perry

https://www.paulperry.com.au/gallery

DMO X

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHhTjZHT2pG/