September 2008
Endangered Irish Species - Mosaic at Johnstown Boys School
Glass Tile floor mosaic fitted into marble slab floor - 1200mm x 2000mm
Endangered Irish Species - Mosaic at Johnstown Boys SchoolHi All,
This summer has thrown us a real mixed bag of jobs - one minute we are mosaic-ing, the next painting and then suddenly building something out of perspex. This can lead us into uncharted territory - I think our strangest so far being a life-size section of Stone Henge for the British Embassy a few years back. Nothing that odd this year; but a lot of variety. We often reflect that being in Triskill tests our abilities and one of the great things, when all goes well, is discovering materials and techniques that one might not have encountered before. We've had to put a lot of research in over the years to increase our knowledge of various methods, whether that be Loose Foil Gilding or Glass Tile mosaic - it's great to then refine and perfect a technique and even add your own elements.
So, with this newsletter we thought we'd highlight a few projects we've been working on over the last month or so - The first image above is one of two new mosaics we have installed at Johnstown Boys School. You might remember we did a post on the project a few months back and we are working our way through the six mosaics we have been commissioned to do.
Gold leaf and carved wood period plaque approx. 350mm x 250mm
This next image is a small plaque we were asked to do recently - The client was very specific and wanted something that would fit in with the 18th century house he was renovating. We used 23carat loose leaf gilding on the frame.
Section of mural for Italian restaurant - Work in Pogress...
Section of mural for Italian restaurant - Work in Pogress...We also got a chance to do some more traditional painting with a pompeii style mural for a Dublin City Centre restaurant. The stage you see it at is where we were just about to apply glazes and finishing details to the image.
Back lit perspex screen mounted on light box - approx. dimension 1000mm x 1000m
The project above was a response to a request from a client to create backlit screens. We made them from frosted perspex and MDF plant-ons mounted on light boxes. The light is created by an LED strip which changes colour.
Glass Tile floor mosaic fitted into marble slab floor - 1200mm x 2000mmFinally, the image above shows a recent floor mosaic we completed in a domestic environment. It was set into a marble floor which worked really well with the glass tile we used - both have a translucent quality which give a lovely depth to the colours.
At the moment we face into a busy Autumn, so more reports next month on some new projects we have started...
