Elements of Place – Formed by Fire
Co-tutored by Andrea Spencer and Joanna Kessel, 5 – 9 May 2025, Benefield Spencer Glass, Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. “Elements of Place – Formed by Fire is a five day flameworking and micro-mosaic workshop aimed at practicing glass and mosaic...
Book Review: Mosaics Inspired by Nature
Mosaics Inspired by Nature: Creating Contemporary Art By Rachel Davies Rachel recently asked me to read and review her book Mosaics Inspired by Nature. As chance had it I was able to do this whilst I was staying in a small wooded village on the edge of the Cairngorm...
Studio sale of mosaic materials
I’m having a studio sale of mosaic materials. A studio spring clean and sale of stocks of mosaic materials and equipment that I currently rarely use.
Research Exhibition
24 February – 2 March 2023 | 10-4pm daily. Mote102 Gallery, Ferry Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. The exhibition focuses on the research undertaken over the past year supported by the Inches Carr Creative Development Award 2022. The award enabled me to study with...
15 minutes with…
Thursday 26 January | 4pm. Join me in conversation with Rachel Davies, Chair of the British Association for Modern Mosaic, as part of her live Instagram sessions “15 minutes with…”. We’ll be discussing my recent research into filato micro-mosaics as part of the...
Playing with Colour
Playing with Colour has been designed as a Prompt from the Pros for the British Association for Modern Mosaic (BAMM).This PftP is about Playing with Colour. It’s about observation, looking, learning and developing an understanding of colour, how colours work together...
Introduction to Mosaic – October
Tutor: Joanna Kessel MA RCA
Location: Glass Lab Edinburgh
Date: 17 & 18 October 2020 (10 – 4pm)
Cost: £185 per person
Mosaic Jewellery – September
Tutor: Joanna Kessel MA RCA
Location: Glass Lab Edinburgh
Date: 13 September 2020 (10 – 3.30/4pm)
Cost: £95 per person
Mosaic Tea-light Holders – September
Tutor: Joanna Kessel MA RCA
Location: Glass Lab Edinburgh
Date: 12 September 2020 (10 – 3pm)
Cost: £95 per person
Ravenna Mosaico 2019
I am delighted that the new artwork Tapestry: The Light Within has been selected for the international mosaic biennale Ravenna Mosaico. The work will be on show in the Opere dal Mondo exhibition at the Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste, Ravenna, Italy. 5 October – 24...
Mosaic & Tapestry course in Kefalonia, Greece 2020
Tutors: Joanna Kessel and Laura Magliveras
Location: Fiscardo, Kefalonia
Dates: 26 May – 2 June 2020
Cost: £685 per person
Speaking In Cultures
I’m delighted that the Edinburgh Gadda Prize, in collaboration with the Italian Studies department at the University of Edinburgh, are using an image of my artwork (In)visible Cities: Reveal III to illustrate their Speaking in Cultures conference publicity. The...
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