Picture of Mosaic

Ideas that have inspired me

Helen Bodycomb

Helen Bodycomb:
1. Helen Bodycomb was born in 1964 in South Australia, Adelaide. She had studied and finished her degrees. This includes the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (majoring in painting) from Victoria College in 1990 and Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting-Monash University). Then after her training Helen began working as a mosaicist. In 1997 Helen had started training with a Turkish born mosaicist, Enver Camdal. Enver and Helen were both awarded, in over a three year period a major public art commissions in Melbourne and Sydney. She had travelled to Italy and back with experience of how to become a trained mosaicist.

2.      A mosaic is a material fitted with tiles, glass, gold, pebbles, stones and other substances that form a pattern or message on a surface of wood, glass, stone etc.…

                       

        3. A mosaic could be used in a house, church/cathedral, wall, fountain, pool, spa and other aquatic or decorative centers.

            

            

                   
          4. Helen Bodycomb uses inspirational art that has formed her mosaics. She has used her surroundings and imagination to perform this act. Helen has used degustation of mosaics, manga mosaics (Japanese cartoons), public art (nature or park walls and pavements covered in tiles and shaped as a mosaic). Helen has used many objects like boots, flowers,      

    5.  Helen Bodycomb uses different materials to create her mosaics. They are: latex, plaster, flock, chicken wishbones, gold leaf, bronze, glass and tiles.

     

     6. My favourite mosaic that Helen had created is a picture of an owl. I like this mosaic because it consists of a variety of shades and colours that show how the owl's feather's look like. There is different shades of brown and white including a tiny glint of a cream colour in the owl's eye.  

The picture of my mosaic has been formed to capture a setting of nature. The mosaic is not entirely finished though the sun and outer tiles are chipped, and will cause a hazard if you run your finger down the edge.

Criteria of Success

Criteria of Success:

·       Never put the tiles to close together and try to put the tiles in a space no bigger than a match stick’s width.

·       Always measure your tiles so they fit into the picture the way you want them to.

·       Always cut the tiles in a proper measurement because the bigger the tile is the less possibility it will fit into the picture frame.

·       Stick the tiles on after you finalise your decision on where you would like to place them.

·        Use the pliers that are meant to cut in curves or the pliers that cut straight so that it would fit on the picture. 

 

My Mosaic Picture-Flower

The difficulties I had when making some of this mosaic was that the tiles were to close and that there was an uneven path on the flower. I had to decide on where to put the tiles because it was very hard seeing where they should go when there wasn't much room. So i had to take the tiles of and replace them so the fitted correctly.

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