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This class has been postponed.

Are you ready for your next mosaic challenge, covering a 3-dimensional object with ceramics, glass and gems?  In this three session class you can choose either a terracotta pot or a bird house.  We will take on the challenge of what it is like to design a piece when you can only see part of it at a time.  We will talk about working with ceramics, keeping mosaic safe outside and if you choose the pot, working in the round.

This is an intermediate class for students who have taken either A to Z Mosaics, a basic mosaics class or have experience working with glass, thin-set and grouting. 

This is a three session class:  the first session is design and the beginning of production, the second is the completing your piece and the third is grouting.  There is time between classes to work on your piece either in the Glass Studio or at home (you will need to have your own wheeled and maybe ceramic nippers if working at home.)  

All materials will be provided including the substrate, glass and ceramic tesserae. 

You are welcome to bring additional materials if you would like to work them into your mosaic (however, this will not change the material fee).  You will be contacted by the instructor before the class to discuss the project you would like to work on. 

An additional Material Fee of $35 will be added to the cost of the class when you register.

Instructor: Gillian Allard

Gillian Allard first fell in love with mosaics in Barcelona’s Park Güell after seeing the work of Anton Gaudi. Her first art pieces were stepping stones. She then progressed to furniture and signs. Most of her work is inspired by discarded or broken dishes that become one-of-a-kind functional pieces for the garden and home.  In addition to china, pottery and stoneware, a variety of glass tile and gems, broken tile and found objects are incorporated into her designs.  The breaking of the ceramics is organic and random in nature and one of her goals is to capture that energy.  Recreating memories reusing materials are an important part of her mosaic work.  When someone gives me a broken dish and I can give it back to them recreated and ready to function again, I have united the best elements of this art form.