Workshops

Alternatively, you can bring a larger piece and start it in the workshop or just create one or two motifs on the surface. Or you can complete it at home and invest in the tools if you think you will do more mosaics (a starter pack of mosaic tools with the essentials is about £25-£30 online). If you want to bring your own piece and you’re not sure if it’s achievable in a day, please make contact with me.

It may help to have a look at my flower-pots in the shop to give you an idea of what’s possible.

Mosaicing Christmas decorations or other small pieces – At Christmas I offer Christmas trees and doves as well as the following items which I offer all year round:

Large/Medium/Small slate hanging hearts; small slate heart shaped coasters; hanging birds and hanging hares. Other shapes may be possible if you let me know with plenty of notice, if there’s something that you’re particularly interested in. Please have a look at my small mosaic gifts in the shop to give you a sense of what is achievable.

Usually, it’s possible to create two of these pieces in a day’s workshop.

Finishing your mosaic piece(s):

To grout a piece, it needs to set for a while so that the pieces are fully secure. This means that often it isn’t possible to grout your piece or paint it, if that is part of the design, within the day. For the Christmas or other small mosaics, we may manage to achieve this in the day’s workshop if your pieces are well fixed.

Look at Pippa’s pot here on the right. She created the mosaics within the workshop and grouted and painted the surround at home. Also, Mary’s small piece (above right) was taken home to grout.

Within the workshop, I offer a demonstration of how to grout and I give you a detailed handout of the steps to follow. I also recommend a Youtube video that can take you through it. It’s very straightforward!