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Category Archives: mosaics
making things
It feels good to be home, and I’ve been making things. I began with some printed clay, and have been cutting and shaping it, smoothing it, polishing it.. I like looking at all the odd little printed circles and rectangles … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, illustration, jewellery, mosaics, paisley, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing, wearable art
Tagged artisan Brisbane, made in Brisbane, Nancy Brown artist, porcelain jewellery, printed porcelain
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blues
Working in blues, the colour of memory, sky, sorrow and childhood. My mother was a potter. She instilled in me a love of ceramics and fine china. I think about her often. She gave me a dinner set for my … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, Fabric printing, jewellery, mosaics, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing, silk painting, silk printing
Tagged celtic knot jewellery, fabric printing, porcelain jewellery, printmaking
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green
Art and life entwine as I prune, weed, water and plant this beautiful autumn. I’ve been printing some pendants and garden quotes for a commissioned mosaic piece- very fragile and far trickier than I imagined- each underglaze has a different … Continue reading
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Tagged green quotes, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking
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Porcelain printing: continuing on continuously
Continuing on with the porcelain printing It has taken much more time that I imagined. Here are some pictures.
Posted in ceramics, jewellery, mosaics, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing
Tagged circle designs, porcelain jewellery, porcelain printing
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Knots
Puzzling over knots in my sketches this week. The circles create a world of their own. I’m feeling excited about transferring them to the screens.
Posted in ceramics, Fabric printing, jewellery, mosaics, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing, silk printing
Tagged celtic knots, circle designs, mandala, printing on porcelain, screenprinting
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Mosaic Garden table
I like finding fragments of broken china in the garden and looking at the old patterns and writing on them. The table celebrates the garden and gardening with images and words that we printed on porcelain. I made the wrought … Continue reading
Posted in ceramics, mosaics, porcelain printing, printing on ceramic, printmaking, screen printing, vegetable prints
Tagged artist capabilities disabilities, mosaic, printing on ceramics
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printed porcelain brooches and silk scarves
Botanique Art Bazaar is held at the Mt Coo-tha Botanic Gardens in Brisbane with a range of botanically inspired artworks, jewellery, fabrics and hand made items at the Richard Randall Art Studio (near the entrance) My groups made brooches by transfer printing … Continue reading
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Tagged porcelain jewellery, porcelain printing
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Mosaic Seating Project
Here are some photos of a mosaic seating project that I did called Landmark Trees for Queenslands’s 150th celebrations. It was a joint project with Queensland Govenment and Brisbane Council. The seating was set within view and among a grove … Continue reading
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Tagged children mosaic, community arts, mosaic, public art, Queensland art
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