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.