Matters of Madness March 2006

The home of Mosaic Madness and Art for Strictly Beginners

Has now become nolastudio. I would love you to go there now to truly experience nola and her creative website

March 2006

Hello Happy Creative Heartbeats,
So much has been happening at the studio so lets just get straight into it.

The Greek Festival of Sydney is about to start and the Studio is part of the festivity. We have a special one day event on Sunday April the 9th from 10am - 4pm. Come to the studio and have the opportunity to lay in a piece of smalti (or two) and become one of the many hands that have particpated in creating the Byzantium reproduction Virgin Mary.
We are nearing the compeltion of this work so this will be the last opportunity for the public to get involved before instalation.
However, once the Virgin is up - a reproduction Byzantium of Jesus Christ begins.

www.greekfestivalofsydney.com.au

Leichhardt Water Fountain Project Completed

For those who have been following this project - well here it is in situ. leichhardt council put on a BBQ and enjoyed a celebratory afternoon for the official opening recently.

Stay tuned to www.mosaicmadness.com.au website.

We are changing.

Not enough to scare you - just enough to refresh your outlook with us.

Mosaic Design & Techniques Workshop

Enrolling now for the 1st & 2nd April.

This course is run over both Saturday & Sunday from 10am - 5pm.
Cost: $225 plus cost of materials.

What we get through in these two days is amazing - colour, design, fabrication techniques, grout sample boards, the philosophy of glue, introduction to hammer and hardie technque, the Ravenna Way of mosaic making, Sources of Inspiration, the quest for creativity and much much more. Your A3 visual journey will be overloaded with notes, handouts, colour, quotes and insights.

We have just completed the 3rd Mosaic Bottega Workshop

Thisd is not a beginners workshop - if you would like to attend a beginners workshop in the mosaic artform please check out the calender for the next Mosaic MAdness weekend workshop - the foundation course
at www.mosaicmadness.com.au

What is a Mosaic Bottega Workshop?
Its a 6 weekly course held on Tuesday mornings between 9.30 - 12.30pm and costs $225.00.

Each 6 week period is an exercise in the mosaic artform to further your knowledge and ability to create works using marble, smalti, glass, unglazed tiles, millefiore and more. Its about exploring your imagination, developing technical skilss and furthering your art knowledge.

Our February Bottega Class was about working in 2D, discovering our personal source for inspiration and understanding colour.

How did we do that?
We began with a shape from nature and mindmapped it. Some of the ideas that were explored by the class were a Peakcock Feather, Tree Trunk and Sea Urchin.

Here's one of the mindmaps (yes we did more than one mondmap) for the Sea Urchin project which was worked on by Judy.

Intermittently we did a variety of colour exercises using acrylic paints. As we did we began to build our 2D shape. Once that was dry, Judy played with tonal variations and used a variety of material to begin working the surface of her project. This is an aerial view of her Sea Urchins.

Mosaic Bottega IV runs Tuesdays 10am - 1pm - May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and 6th June.
This course is for students who are committed to furthering their artistic potential in the mosaic artform.
If you would like to apply for this course, please email me and I will forward an application form to you.

Art Atelier

These courses are available to students who have completed Art For Strictly Beginners - the foundation course. For details of the next ASB course please pop into the website and check out the calendar for details www.mosaicmadness.com.au

The Atelier courses are short courses in the ARTS for your continuing education.
Our next Atelier class will be held on Saturday mornings on April 8, 15, 22, 29 from 9.30am - 12.30pm the cost of the course is $275.00.

This is a four week course on the topic of colour.

You will learn to truly understand colour; where colour comes from; how it has been understood in the past; and create your own colour wheel; beginning with a classical colour wheel to contemporary colour wheel. You will learn the language of colour, how to see colour and how to express yourself in colour. And with this new found knowledge you will create a still life. We will explore other related topics like Colour and Culture, give you lots of web related resources and handouts too.

This next four week course is Sculpture, Drawing
and Portraiture.

Many have been awaiting a continuation on sculpting
- this will be held on saturday mornings. When ?
After the completion of the Atelier Colour Course.
Places will be limited so please email me to secure a spot.
This course will indeed inspire so call to reserve your spot.

To enrol in a course or for more information visit our website at www.mosaicmadness.com.au or call me (nola) on 02 9818-7471.

Artereal Gallery is officially opened.

The space at the front of my studio has now emerged into Artereal Gallery. You are welcomed to attend her very first exhibition which opens Friday 24th March and runs for 5 weeks. Tuesdays - Saturdays 10am - 5pm.

www.artereal.com.au