Mosaic

[mockduck]

This beautiful doorstep is just minutes from Brighton Station. Nice Italian Colleague and I were plotting over how we could do the same to my own doorstep, until I remembered that we're leasehold, and the doorstep is communal. Presumably even doing the back step would be against the terms of our lease. :(

Comments

[gfrancie]

I went to a party once where the hostess did a mosaic-like thing like above with an end table. It was pretty neat. Maybe you could do that. Portable and all.

[mockduck]

It sounds like a good plan. I really want to get into mosaic. I also really want an extra five hours in my day.

[gfrancie]

Famous last words.
Oooh maybe you could do some sort of mosaic table for the garden.

[catsgomiaow]

Item's watercolours beat that Prince Charles's into a cocked hat!

[mockduck]

Ooh, I wonder if I could get her to be next in line for the throne on those grounds.

(and thank you :D)

[sleepygoldfish]

I really like both Okido and Anorak. I think it's great to see contemporary illustration put to a good purpose. Did you read the article about Okido in the Guardian the other week? It was quite nice to see it's made from home by just a small team.

Incidentally the article about Darwin has my workmate Matt's illustrations in it, he wasn't too happy with the way they turned out but I really liked the cat.

[mockduck]

I did see that article, yes! It's what finally reminded me to buy a subscription.

I do like both of them, I just don't like either of them quite *enough*. Perhaps I need to dig deeper into my pscyche to work out why, although Anorak's pushing of consumerism didn't do much for me as I leafed through the pages with Item. Agree it's nice to put modern illustrational styles in front of them, especially as they grow out of picture books (this is a source of great angst for me - no excuse to read them any more). So maybe I am just spolit?

Will check out the Darwin story: I think the issue I picked up was the summer edition, so not the newest.

[hartleyhare]

Ooh, I have doorstep envy now!

I keep finding bits of broken china in my garden (there was a lot of builders' rubble dumped there at one point) and keep meaning to turn them into a mosaic.

[mockduck]

I did that mosaic course a year ago and haven't tried it yet. I really think you can get stunning results with very minimal talent though - that's the sort of craft i like.

[huskyteer]

OMG Puffin Post!

I suspect that whatever my parents' aim was in subscribing me, it hasn't worked.

[mockduck]

Hmm, well, you read a lot.
Remember Fat Puffin? Awww. I still think of him every time I pass a manhole with 'FP' on it - and there are rather a lot of those round here, too, so that is quite often.