Modern Mosaic Art: Make Floral Compositions with Tiles
Making the Meadow 1
A course by Briony Machin , Designer and Mosaic Artist
About the video: Making the Meadow 1
Overview
“I will now share with you how I cut the different flower shapes and how I position them on the board to create different effects. ”
In this video lesson Briony Machin addresses the topic: Making the Meadow 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Mosaic Art: Make Floral Compositions with Tiles. Learn the meditative process of mosaic-making and give broken pieces of stone, glass, or ceramics new life by transforming them into inspiring patterns.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Making the Meadow In this lesson, I'll show you how I create my mosaic flowers. I will go for a meadow design with the flowers growing from the bottom but it's up to you if you want to do your flowers around the outside or completely cover the whole board with all different floral shapes. I'm not going to draw any flowers onto my board because I'm going to start to lay the shapes out and sketch with the tiles. If you would rather map out your design a bit first, that's completely fine. It doesn't need to be perfect because you'll stick the tiles on top of it anyway. I'm using 50 mm unglaz...”
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Course summary for: Modern Mosaic Art: Make Floral Compositions with Tiles
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Decoration
Briony Machin
A course by Briony Machin
Briony Machin is a Lancashire-based artist specializing in ceramics, mosaic, and illustration, with over 100K followers on social media. After graduating in design crafts, she worked part-time for a gallery where she held her first workshop. Two years later, they had become so popular that she was able to quit her job. The sale of her DIY mosaic kits during the pandemic was eventually what allowed her to open her dream studio in August 2020, where she sells handmade products as well as teaching workshops.
With her experimental pieces, often featuring flowers and inspiring messages, Briony’s aim is to bring a little hope and joy to the world. She has collaborated with brands on Instagram such as Topps Tiles and Elizabeth Scarlett, and her digital illustrations have been printed on a range of homeware items including wrapping paper and aprons. She also runs an outreach program to integrate the art of mosaic into local schools and the wider community.
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