Autumn Workshops 2025

My programme of workshops for the autumn are themed, although you always have the option to make something different if you would prefer. 

September - Saturday 27th - Sardine Tin mosaics

Design a cute little mosaic, in a small tin, with an image or decorative pattern of your choice. Depending on how intricate your design is, there may be time to make more than one.

October - Friday 10th - Autumnal Leaves, Insects & Bugs 

Choose from a selection of leaves, beetles, bees, dragonflies, butterflies, bees and ladybirds.  These can be hung as decorations and also make lovely gifts.

October - 25th & 26th - Weekend workshop - 2 days - Barn Owls

Over two days, this workshop will allow more time for you to create a really special barn owl mosaic.  The 2nd day will include time to grout and finish your mosaic.  (Other birds are also an option.)

November - Friday 28th - Christmas decorations

Choose from a selection of festive shapes including Christmas puddings, snowflakes, holly, mistletoe, stockings and bells.  Make some unique decorations to adorn your tree, to use as place settings, or give as very thoughtful presents.

December 12th & 13th - Weekend workshop - 2 days - Christmas Robins

Over two days, this workshop will allow more time for you to create a really special mosaic robin.  The 2nd day will include time to grout and finish your mosaic.

Workshops take place in my gorgeous garden studio in beautiful Battle. Two ladies who came recently, described it as like being at an 'Art Spa'!  The day is lovely and treaty - a delicious home cooked lunch and all refreshments are included.  And the classes are limited to 4 people, so you'll get lots of my help throughout the day, or days.  At the end of the workshop you will leave with your own personal mosaic masterpiece!

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, my workshops are a relaxing and creative way to explore this timeless artform.  I will teach you the basics of mosaic art, from selecting materials and cutting tiles, to arranging and grouting your unique creation. I have a gorgeous range of materials, including glass, ceramic and mirror tiles for you to choose from. You're also welcome to bring along your own broken crockery, or treasured objects, to incorporate in your mosaic.

The price per person for 1 day is £125.  Workshops run from 9.30am - 5pm

2 day workshops cost £225 per person.  Day 1 runs from 9.30am - 5pm and Day 2 is 10am - 4.30pm

Prices include all materials, a tasty lunch, cake and all refreshments.

My exhibition continues...

While it’s baking hot outside and due to get even hotter, I am keeping cool in the extraordinary 15th century Almonry in Battle! My exhibition started last Friday with a lovely Private View and is on until June 28th, so please come along and see my collection of exquisite mosaic bird portraits, which look so great in this beautiful space.

Open 9-4 Monday - Friday and 11-2 on Saturday.

Family Mosaic Workshop @ Battle Library

Fragments & Feathers @ The Almonry, Battle

I’m delighted to be exhibiting more of my mosaic bird portraits as part of Battle Festival, from June 14th - 28th. The exhibition will be at The Almonry, Battle - a really charming venue. I’ll working in residence during the show, so do come along and see my working process and have a chat about my artwork and inspiration!

New Workshops 2025

I have a few workshops coming up later this year as part of Battle Festival on 17th and 26th July and one at the lovely Rye Harbour Discovery Centre on May 11th.

If you’re interested in any of these, or you’d like to book another date, please get in touch.

This was a recent workshop I did with two lovely local ladies over a day and a half. Aren’t they fantastic!

April & May @ Kino Hawkhurst

For a couple of months I’m delighted to say I’ve been offered the gallery space at Kino, Hawkhurst, to show my work.

I’m showing (and selling!) a selection of my watercolour and oil paintings, and a few fruit and bird mosaics - a colourful celebration of the ordinary and the familiar.

Come along to a film or for a yummy piece of cake and coffee in their cafe, and have a look!

Happy New Year!

A bit late, I know! January has almost been and gone…. how did that happen?!?

Anyway, I have BIG plans for 2025! Last year it felt like a huge achievement to exhibit my collection of bird portraits at blackShed Gallery, and I had such a fabulous response, that I will continuing this series of work, and looking for other places to exhibit.

I’ll also be teaching more mosaic workshops this year…. so watch this space for dates. But if you have a small group and would like to organise a day or two, please get in touch with me directly.

I always love receiving commissions, and this little wren was a particularly special one, for dear friends who have just had their first grandchild, called Wren!

New Workshop Dates Spring 2023

I’ve got some 1-2-1 and group classes coming up which are full, but I have spaces available on Saturday March 18th and Friday March 24th. I’ve had to reluctantly raise my prices after four years, in line with everything going up…. I’m sorry about this but hope the classes still offer good value for money. If you can’t make these dates but are interested in doing one of my classes please let me know and I’ll put you on my waiting list. Details of prices are in the Workshops section of my website.

Artist in Residence at DCCH 6 - 10 February 2023

From Monday 6 to Friday 10 February, I will be one of nine QEST makers will taking up residency at the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, demonstrating a wide variety of crafts. I’ll be working on more of my Bird Portraits.

Christmas Sale December 18th 11am - 4pm

If you're not fed up of Christmas shopping, you still need to find some last minute presents, or if you just feel like coming along to say Hello and have a glass of mulled wine....I'm having an open studio this Saturday! I've got a lovely range of fridge magnets, jewellery, small mosaics, paintings, cyanotype prints.... and I also sell Gift Vouchers for my mosaic workshops or for gorgeous things in my Etsy Shop!
Please come along... it would be lovely to see you!
My address is 3 Stream Farm Cottages, Netherfield Road, Battle TN33 0HH

New Workshop Dates Winter 2021

I have 3 new workshops coming up before Christmas which are on Friday November 19th, Friday December 3rd and Monday December 6th.

My prices are the same as 2019 - £90 per person for a day, which includes tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments. There are a maximum of 4 places per workshop.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to book a place.

Christmas Fair! November 6th & 7th, Hastings

Hi there! I will be selling at a Christmas Fair this weekend in Hastings… please come along if you’re nearby. I’ve made a load of really cute little fridge magnets which are sweet little stocking fillers, plus some small framed mosaics, and lots of new pendants from beautiful vintage china. Hope to see you there!

New Workshop Dates Summer 2021

Finally I can start teaching again in my lovely new studio! Yay! Spaces are limited to 4 places per day and upcoming dates are: Friday 16th July, Tuesday 20th July and Friday 13th August. The cost is £90 p/p which includes materials, lunch and refreshments. Please email me if you would like to reserve a place or if you’d like more information.

A (very belated) Happy New Year!

Gosh, it’s already halfway through February! I’m not sure about you but I found January a slog…. endless rain and dark mornings and afternoons didn’t help. But now there are so many signs of spring and the days are getting longer, the vaccinations are being rolled out so brilliantly, life feels brighter. Hopefully by the summer I’ll be able to start my workshops again!! In the meantime, I’m just starting a big nautilus shell mosaic for our bathroom… watch this space!

Happy Christmas!

Find Christmas Presents In My Etsy Shop!

Hello there, I hope you’re all keeping well and are looking forward to Christmas! It’ll be so different this year and I don’t know about you, but I’ve gone in early with the decorations this year and we put our Christmas tree up at the end of November! All the sparkle is so uplifting and very necessary this year.

I’ve recently added lots of my lovely pendants to my Etsy shop. They’re all cut from vintage china and each one is unique. They can be worn as a necklace or used as a keyring and they make a smashing present, which is small and light to send to your loved ones. Find me at HGMosaics on Etsy.

I’m also happy to make bespoke necklaces and I’m currently making one for someone’s wife, with flowers and her name on it, cut from the lettering on the back of plates…. it’s gorgeous! I could also use your china heirlooms to make very personal jewellery or artworks. If you’re interested please call me and we can talk about possibilities. My mobile is 078921 79 050.

Workshop Update

As you can see, my studio and garden are looking blooming lovely and it’s a constant pleasure to see new wild flowers emerging in our meadow! It seems remarkable now to look at photos from last winter when the steps were being put in and the garden was relandscaped - during weeks of interminable rain and so much mud - all that now seems distant past, especially with the strange year we’re having.

I was hoping by now that teaching workshops would be back to normal. After doing a Risk Assessment I think the safest way to proceed is with a maximum of two people at a time, which will ensure it’s possible to keep 1m distance. I will do a thorough clean beforehand and take temperatures on arrival, and I’ll supply visors. It will mean an incresased cost: for one person it’ll be £150 for 1 day and £270 for 2 days. For Two people sharing 1 day is £245 and 2 days £450. These prices include materials, lunch and refreshments. If you’re interested in one of these workshops please contact me to arrange a mutually convenient day.

If you’re part of a bigger bubble and would like to organise a bespoke mosaic day or days then please call me to discuss this on 07821 979050.

Covid 19 - Workshop News

Due to the current Coronavirus situation my mosaic workshops have sadly been postponed until it's possible to run them safely.  Those of you who've already been to one of my workshops will know they're pretty hands-on in terms of my help and also with all the tools and materials.  Since I already teach small groups and one-to-one, hopefully before too long it'll be possible to resume the classes, with masks or visors and lots of hand washing.  I am waiting for more Government guidance and advice and looking at ways to make this viable as soon as possible .

Just before the lockdown in March, my fabulous new studio at the bottom of the garden was finished.... such good/lucky timing!  After all the building work and non-stop rain our garden was carnage, but nature has woven its magic (with quite a lot of elbow grease thrown in!), Spring has sprung, and it has recovered!  In the meantime I decorated the studio and we installed a sedum roof with the help of a lovely italian friend, Giada.  Then there were countless trips up and down the garden with all my lovely jars of mosaic tiles and other art materials.... and then I hit the ground running!

I finally finished a mosaic commission that had been on my To Do List for far too long; and since then I've dug out my oil paints and been loving painting again after a long break.

The studio is a triumph - it's an amazing space with gorgeous views of the orchard and the hills beyond.  Away from the house it's a peaceful haven apart from the very loud, very constant birdsong.... it's bliss.  It'll be a wonderful, inspiring space for my workshops and I can't wait to share it with you. 

Hopefully by September/October it'll be possible to start teaching again.  Until then, please stay safe and well.

Junior King's School, Canterbury. A crown to celebrate their 90th Anniversary. Autumn 2019