Mosaic Swing and Sling!

Today I invented a new mosaic technique I am calling Sandy's Swing and Sling! It's how to do indirect mosaic technique on sticky plastic. I have hundreds of mosaics on sticky plastic and had to work out to how manage to reverse them all and have them keep intact to place all over the huge chair boards for the Ispwich Chairs. The Sandy Swing and Sling is working so well.

BFB also known and Beautiful Brenda, helped me do the Swing and mum did the Sling...whilst I did the Sticky Stanley knife cutting! Looking great! Shirley aka Polly helped me with the black paper background on Tuesday.

It's working so well! After we place the mosaics on the boards tomorrow with help from Cheryl and Lee we will be well on the way to the overall design, with an overview and artistic guide from Phillip on Saturday.

The workshop desks are piled high with mosaics and it's quite exciting! I am a bit cold and tired and Brad came for dinner with fish and chips and some champagne! Hard to keep going now!

We are very excited about the mosaics for the Ipswich Queen's Park Gardens - the joyous colour and mosaics made by the school students, teachers and parents and mosaic team are going to be spectactular in a stunning setting and the story woven into the mosaic tells of the Indigenous tribes and history of the area. More soon!

Queens Park Ipswich - interesting article on the mosaic project

http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/indigenous/pdfs/ilg_numbellie_seat_casestudy.pdf
This article gives some good info on the mosaic chair project we are working on at the moment in the studip.

We are working behind the scenes to bring this project together, this week.
Cheers
Sandy Robertson
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Koala Conventions Brisbane - Mosaic Weekend Workshop Report

It was fun, educational and the food was very scrumptious!

For more on this story and photos, register on the OzMosaics site and join the free social club and read the blogs and visit the gallery.

For the real nitty gritty, join CLUB mOzOz for Sandy's tips and tricks!

Cheers

Sandy Robertson

Mosaic Artist
Mosaic Teacher

Studio OzMosaics

Brisbane Queensland Australia

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Laticrete article in magazine!

Article about the Australia Zoo mosaic mural! Laticrete thank you!
http://www.e-pages.dk/gearing/90/34
Another fabulous article was also published by Alison Hepburn in the Grout Magazine, by BAMM!
Well done Alison, it was a very emotional moment for everyone to read such a beautifully presented article.
Thank you,
Cheers
Sandy

Ipswich Queen's Park Botanical Gardens

Two amazing chairs have been built by Proude and Ipswich school students have made mosaics to be installed on the two seats - story tellers, Indigenous artists, OzMosaics, teachers and community members are all making this wonderful project a reality - Thanks to the wonderful PANI members and Lighthouse for making this project such an amazing part of Ipswich for everyone to enjoy!

Othilas mural - Stones Corner

What a fabulous time - Othilas visited OzMosaics studio for 4 weeks and made a beautiful mural for the footpath wall at Othilas at STones Corner, Brisbane.

Thank you to all participants for such a wonderful workshop, those four Thursdays sure went fast!

Hope to catch up with you all soon!

Join the Social Club on OzMosaics = Mosaic Forever

Join the Social Club - it's free.
Join CLUB mOzOz for Sandy's tips and tricks and discounts in the mosaic shop. Great Value at $20 per annum.

What is the strangest mosaic tesserae you have tried to cut with your Leponitt Mosaic Cutters...join the social club to find out what Sandy tried to cut.....but ended up eating!
cheers
Sandy Robertson
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Website hiccup!

30thJune 2009 Notice:

If you registered on OzMosaics site over the past week or signed up for the free newsletter etc, and you are having trouble logging in, please register again...we had a few hiccups on the website.

If you need assistance, please email OzMosaics and we will get you sorted out! Thank you for your patience - it was in the control of the mosaic universe!

Registered users may have received a newsletter about using sponges and bull dog clips, this newsletter is now floating in the universe and will be relisted soon.

Such is life on the web!

I am teaching at Koala Conventions at Girls Grammar Brisbane this weekend and I look forward to meeting my students for a fabulous weekend of 3-D mosaics!

Maureen is assisting me so students are getting some great tuition and fun to boot!

Thank you!
Sandy
mosaic artist/mosaic teacher
Brisbane Queensland Australia
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Back on mosaics blog again!

It's been a while since I posted here but life has been one gigantic mosaic rollercoaster!
The Loreto Murals are ready for installation in a week, Othilas mosaic mural workshops are over and the mosaic mural is installated in all it's glory at Stones Corner, Brisbane.

We are working on the huge mosaic seats for Queen's Park Ipswich. Workshops have been full all year and next weekend we are teaching workshops for mosaics all weekend at BGG, for Koala Conventions. Should be fabulous!

Studio is chaos as usual. We are doing a display at Beenleigh Library in August and attending the Full Frontal Tile Expot with Laticrete in August.

MANA is about to be launched and Club MozOz is finally running and the Social Club is live on OzMosaics website. Lots being updated as I can.

Some of us are attending the MANA symposium working on our 30x 30 entries. Time is flying by.

I am exhibiting work for sale at Brisbane Boys Grammar soon, making the mosaics now!

So much happening, even a visit from Bribie Arts for a workshop here, plus more murals towards end of the year.

and and and@!!!!!!!!

Happy Mosaic making!
Photos of Othilas mural is in the Galleries menu on OzMosaics main page - check it out!
Time for bed!
Cheers
Sandy
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Catch Up mosaics

2009 - busy busy busy making mosaics!
Classes have been fantastic! Mosaic workshops very creative and exciting.
The huge seating project at Queens Park Ipswich is coming along, 7 schools participating in the Numbellie Seat - Lighthouse Project.
A huge mosaic wall commission at Loreto College Brisbane and other exciting commissions are keeping team OzMosaics flat out!

The mural panels are now installed at Australia Zoo; one small panel still to be screwed to the walls, but everything is looking fabulous.

Workshops are busy and the new website is coming along. The webshop has a few more items to be uploaded and then it will be fully operational for Sandy's students and clients. A new club called MANA will be launched very soon and a new committee is working behind the scenes pulling it all together. Some great surprises are in store for members. Stay tuned!

A student and client club will also be started on OzMosaics website, called club mOzOz - fabulous benefits to members who love to mosaic - a great Perks Card for mosaic addicts.

So much to do! Sometimes some projects have to be reshuffled to get everything done, but all is well! I haven't posted here for a while due to huge workloads but should be all systems go in a couple of weeks.

I have the Steve Irwin Story almost completed, it's taken a while to write and it will be showcased on my website for participants who contributed to the mural making. Thanks again to everyone, Latricrete, Mini Movers Brisbane and mosaic addicts around the world. Publications have been showcasing the story - Laticrete Spotlight, BAMM, Tile Mag and more!

More news coming soon....
Cheers
Sandy Robertson
Mosaic Artist/Teacher
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Tribute to Banjo Paterson, Man from Snowy River Mosaic "high country"

Mosaic for a swap: Palm Grove Australia: Sandy made a modern piece of mosaic art with strips of glass and decorative thinset (cement based adhesive). Streaking the thinset and layering curved wine bottle glass and textured glass, white and grey cement captured the elements of the outback palm grove and paper bark trees, and ghost gums.

Sandy Robertson - "High Country" Italian Orsoni Smalti and Thinset combo. I love all Banjo Paterson poems particularly The Man from Snowy River and this mosaic was inspired by the High Country of Australia. The rocks depict the rough terrain, the white thinset is "snow" as it greets and showers and the rider pushes the horse forward, ploughing through ice and snow. I loved using the Orsoni Italian Smalti - the texture and colours are divine and you can buy the smalti from my studio shop or online mosaic shop!

It's sold by a small piece or a lovely chunk!

The rider's drysabone looks great in smalti chunks and the horse has great beauty and grace with the adamento! I truly enjoyed making this mosaic art.

Sandy Robertson - Angel of the Morning - Pique Assiette "Balladiva"
This beautiful fine porcelain paint was found in an antique shop in CAnberra, Act whilst we were visiting Mark in CAnberra. The exquisite pink roses are porcelain and I broken them down with a hammer and rebuilt them to give a "blown rose" effect in the mosaic. It's delicate and simply deceptive. The mirror arms and legs just fell from my Leponitt mosaic cutters. I glued the pieces down in the mosaic with white thinset (available from OzMosaics STudio shop). Of course I nipped some china cups for the ballerina's tutu. A piece of paua shell (also available in the shop) adds a delicate angel wing. I dedicate this mosaic to Popette (aka Maureen) as she loves it so much and encouraged me to complete it.

Maureen Randolph - Shattered Reflections

The above mosaics were made at Studio OzMosaics and entered in the MAANZ 2008 Sydney Open Exhibition October 2008.

Wallaman Falls Waterfall

Gibbo's Garden and mosaic of Wallaman Falls, Ingham North Queensland Australia.
Merv Wacker Memorial Park
Ingham Lions Park
Ingham State High School Community Mentoring
A beautiful park project! The fabulous waterfall that backs on to the QR Ingham railway station!
The new entry to the park!
What a fabulous new garden and landscaping!
Opening Day.
The team! I hope to catch up with you all soon! hugs Sandy!

Wow! Look at the installed mosaic at Ingham! The girls look great and so does the Wallaman Falls mosaic. I still can't believe we made the mosaic together at my mosaic studio for a workshop in 2 days and it flew home as extra luggage!

I adore the way the girls mosaiced the slate sides as I instructed them (an idea from my mosaic waterfall series at the studio) - it's fantastic! Imagine water running over this mural and tumbling to the rocks below. The whole park looks so beautiful, so Susan you and your community team are to be congratulated, I know the hard work involved in community art mosaic projects...I am so proud of you all!

Dave and I will have to travel to Ingham now to look at the park and the mosaic. The mosaic walk looks so good too! .... and the sign for the Park, "Gibbo's Garden" looks perfect on the new wall in the park.

The mosaic pavers must be so colourful. Tell the students I think they are very artistic and did an excellent job. I will never forget our weekend workshop of mosaic madness and the willingness of the three of you to throw yourself into mosaics, smashing wine bottles to make the water flow in mosaics, the mirror and the smalti...the cutting of the tiles and the excitement as we worked all night to complete the mosaic. The best thing is the friendships that are formed. Dave hurry up and get me to Ingham!

Australia Zoo Mural Tribute Panel Two

Panel #2 Australia Zoo Steve Irwin Tribute Mural

Donate to the Mural! If you wish to help sponsor the mural making materials, please visit this link: Donations for Mural Making/Materials

All donations go toward the cost of the substrates and materials for the bases of the mosaics and will be acknowledged on the website.

Panel no 2: Fandango! Featuring flamingoes, pelicans, doves, butterflies, flowers, dragonflies, a swan and more! Mosaics Rule!
We are now starting on the 4 mural panels featuring Steve Irwin, a huge elephant, lots of little elephants, crocs, kangaroos, emus, giant camel, lots of wildlife creatures...... and Australia Wildflowers. stay tuned.
It's mosaics 24-7 to be sure!
Thanks to all the amazing team of helpers who have come often and happily to grout, make coffee and share the joy of this mosaic tribute for Australia Zoo.


To the hundreds of people who have made a mosaic for the mural and/or donated to help pay for the mural (it grew to such a big mural) thanks a million times over.

Stay tuned for lots of slide shows, as soon as I have time to put it all together.
hugs
Sandy Robertson
Mosaic artist/tutor\
mosaics to go!
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AUSTRALIA ZOO - MURAL PROJECT - SANDY'S UPDATES

Panel #2 Australia Zoo Steve Irwin Mosaic Tribute Murals.

Steve Irwin Mural Project - 2008 in progress

Make a donation towards the construction costs: Visit this link and follow to the paypal donation page! More details on how you can participate in this wonderful mosaic tribute to the great Steve Irwin and Australia Zoo.

The first panel is completed and curing for sealing.
The project team with to thank Laticrete Australia for sponsoring all the cement, grout, waterproof membrane, thinset, sealers and more. Truly magnificent and we are so grateful for all the support, advice and donation. Photos coming soon and a mural in progress report! We are so busy making the mural, we have to find time to upload photos!

Will be available in a day or so.
Cheers
Sandy Robertson
Mosaic Artist
Design Team
putting together mosaic mural - art from the heart.
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