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Pebble Mosaic workshop. Langenlois, Austria.

Pebble Mosaic workshop. Langenlois, Austria.

Last week I returned to the heart of Austria's wine region, to teach a 3 day practical workshop in stone mosaics in garden design. The workshop began with students each creating their own mosaic stepping stone before all working together to create a wonderful mosaic panel featuring the symbol of the local town (Langenlois), this being grape vine tendrils. For this we used locally sourced stones that came from the river famous river Danube which flows close by the town. We al

Pebble Mosaic for Kempinski Hotel München, Germany

Pebble Mosaic for Kempinski Hotel München, Germany

This summer I was Commissioned by FG stijl architects in Amsterdam to create a mosaic for their renovation project at Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, (four seasons), Kempinski, Munich, Germany. For this project I was commissioned to create a pebble mosaic niche display in the entrance into the hotels, Michelin star restaurant. The mosaic was to be based on one of the historic pebble mosaics at the Bavarian National Museum, located just around the corner from the hotel. These histori

'Fishers of knowledge'. Creative space

'Fishers of knowledge'. Creative space

This project is funded by the Per Cent for Art scheme. This is a government initiative, first introduced in 1978, whereby 1% of the cost of any publicly funded capital, infrastructural and building development can be allocated to the commissioning of a work of art. Through a public tendering process, artist Sunny Wieler was awarded the commission to create an interactive sculpture based on the theme of St. Andrew. It was envisaged by the school that the outdoor space consist

Cobble mosaic workshop at Stein und Wein, Austria

Cobble mosaic workshop at Stein und Wein, Austria

In June of 2018, saw me return to Austria's main wine region for the wonderful Stein und Wein event in Langenlois, Austria. This years festival was around the theme of star gazing through glass and stone. As well as learning the craft of pebble mosaic participants were also invited to learn the craft of Dry Stone Construction and take part in the building of a corbelled dry stone structure within the famous vineyards. While the corbelled dry stone structure was being built wi