My ideas for new mosaics come from a wide range of sources - perhaps from something I find at a flea market, from new mosaic material I find, from a picture, a piece of fabric or as recently from classical Roman mosaics of animals. This page shows some things I've been working on over the past few months.
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This hare is taken from a Roman mosaic - the original is on a plain background as part of a much larger floor mosaic based on a hunting theme. I decided to add of hills, sky and sun to make it a bit more interesting. I was particularly pleased with this as I felt that I had managed to capture some of the vibrancy of the original.
I like picking up pieces of old cutlery at flea markets and I've done a few pieces like those below, using old plate rims and cutlery alongside glass and unglazed porcelain tiles.