{"id":4339,"date":"2015-02-02T14:43:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T21:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2025-05-23T14:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:43:09","slug":"the-beginning-of-my-spiral-series-mosaics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summerhouseart.com\/blog\/the-beginning-of-my-spiral-series-mosaics","title":{"rendered":"The Beginning of My Spiral Series Mosaics"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I\u2019m one of those artists who flit about, like a butterfly or maybe a magpie, attracted to the next color or shape. I try things, I meander from one thing to the next. I get inspired by a shape\u2026. or color.<\/p>\n

And such was the case with this short series I created in 2009. This piece is the first of four in the series. And then abruptly ended.<\/p>\n

What happened? Was it just that my eye had been attracted to something else or was it that I\u2019d worked it through and was ready to move on? Whatever, I think I fully intended to do more and create a much bigger series. And so I haven\u2019t posted them before. I thought at some point I would get back to it. But no, never happened, so today I\u2019ve decided to post Spiral #1.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a><\/p>\n

I was playing with shapes, like the wedge of yellow and the spiral. . I must admit that I am a sucker for spirals. Love spirals, still do. Originally, it had been a little sketch on paper with shapes floating about and I\u2019m sure it was Will who suggested that the whole base of the piece could be cut out in a shape as well.<\/p>\n

It is not created with the usual mosaic materials of smalti but with dishes and a few ordinary tiles. I had very little of certain plates, precious bits and stuck them down carefully. And they became the little floating pillows, or that is how I think of those shapes. I liked creating a whole new texture by setting down the design of the dish in a whole new deconstructed way.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a><\/p>\n

And what to title it? How about something descriptive, like \u201cYellow Wedge on Blue, Floating\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a><\/p>\n

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