a maltese floor

I'm recently looking a lot at the floor, and trying to fall over people of things. the reason is I've got a project coming up which is work influenced by the old Maltese floor tiles.
now this is 'nt hard for me as I've all ways loved the old floor tiles, so warm and worn, wonderful colour pallet and so many beautiful designs.
so ii thought i would share with you some of my research



a school floor



a door way

a bedroom floor

tick tock, its a mosaic clock

I've been thinking, like i always do,how can i mosaic on something else, something useful, so its a piece of art but has a function.
some times i feel so concouis that people don't always want to buy a piece of art, or might not have the money to do so, so i like to come up with fresh ideas and ways to incorporate art and function.
so this weeks plans was a mosaic clock!!!!
tick tock
i went to my local lira shop and bought a collection of cheap clocks and just played around with different ways to up style them, I've left the faces of all the clocks the same as i bought them, but i might go back and alter them.

something a bit diffrent

i really enjoy working with new textures, different colour ways and most of all making new styles of work, the process of making a more contemporary style of work has been an exciting process, and the results i produced i was super pleased with what came out of the work room!!!



crack




vein



encompass

pillar

great stuff in the uk

recently i had a family holiday in the UK, it was totally amazing!!!!
showing the children all kinds of English things, fish and chips on the beach, 99 with a flake, sitting on grass, animals at the zoo, London for the day, ice buns, hula hoop crisps you name we tryed to cram it in to 2 weeks.
but on all are trips and adventures i took lots of photos that inspired me, thought i would share them with you too!!!

a tile on an old grave in hastings

same as above, love the simple shape

old flooring from battle abbey

funky mosaics brighton

in brighton again

forgot how much i love these old windows

amazzzzziing

nice to see mosaics in the community

cafe tiles, really loved the colour, so calm

for love

i love to make special gifts for special occasions, and what better reason than a wedding. when i received the wedding invite i was so taken by the words and the colour, that i actually used the invite in the work it's self and then carried on the colour scheme all the way thought.
i love to use bold colours, but the subtle shades are just amazing, and i used the date and other personal things to make it unique to the day

love is all you need

the people we love

our betty

we love all sorts of people for many reasons, family, Friends, husbands, wives, children, aunties, uncles cousins, Nana's, grandpa's, mums, dads, the list just goes on.
but people make an in print on out souls, minds and lives, and some times we want to honour them in some way.
so this week i just wanted to make something to remember my Nana, some one who left a big sense of style on me, something to say thank you for being who you where, and that i will always remember you, and thank you you for giving me wonderful memories

rizzi also known as the sea urchin

I'm always busy looking at on line craft projects and ideas, its amazing to see how many cleaver projects people come up with, i don't make even half of the things that i look at, but i enjoy the inspiration that comes from them, new colour combinations, textures, patterns, new materials a new way to look at things.

that's when i came across these images!!!! i can't knit or crochet but with i could now

her name is margaret oomen, and i just love these, check out more of her work on purl bee site.
http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/category/margaret-oomen

these are some more sea inspired crochet work by rachel, have a look at some of her other work on her site

http://cornflowerbluestudio.blogspot.com

 and then i was so loving the crochet theme, i found this by helle jorgensen

http://beautyineverything.com/

all so stunning and clear and simple love them all.