Join Katy Galbraith of Recycle Me Mosaics in a two-day course learning the basics of making mosaics suitable for your garden.
 
Using suitable discarded crockery and tiles, this workshop is ideal for beginners, improvers and curious crafters and offers a fun-filled weekend with step-by-step guidance in a small group.
 
It could be a picture on a board, roof slate, ceramic tile or reclaimed steppingstone or small pieces on slate. Or a combination of the above. Participants will be working directly onto the surface, so steppingstones will not be perfectly flat.
 
A selection of ceramics, tiles, nuggets, and glass will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own for your project, giving it a more personal feel, more akin to a traditional patchwork quilt idea, where only you will know the provenance of the pieces. Tools and other materials are also provided. 
 
We will be working on cement board and structures/ slates / old stepping stones which are suitable for outdoors.
 
The course is suitable for everyone, including complete beginners.
 
Course Overview:
Day one - Demonstration of cutting techniques, incorporating the tools used and the materials and
adhesives which are suitable for outdoors. Participants will start on their main project
 
Day two - In the morning, completing the main project will be the priority, and making a small piece on slate, time permitting. In the afternoon, everyone will grout their projects and clean them up!
 
Tea, coffee and homemade cake is included but please bring your own lunch on both days.

About your tutor:
Katy is a British mosaicist living in Perthshire, Scotland. Flowers in abundance feature in most of her exhibition pieces, as well as in private commissions. Her mosaics are found in the National Museum of Scotland, at the Bield Centre, near Perth and in many private collections. While many of her pieces are considered ‘decorative art,’ she also enjoys making mosaics with a more practical purpose such as kitchen and bathroom splashbacks, mirrors, tabletops, and garden items.
 
She has taken part in international projects in Cyprus, Germany, Italy, and Tunisia, and taught mosaics in Cyprus and Spain.

In producing her mosaics, she aims to be true to herself and her interest in recycling and  sustainability by incorporating many recycled materials, including those representing her and her local area in Perthshire or pieces donated for use by friends and family, like a traditional patchwork concept.
 
Katy believes that the true magic about mosaic and especially the reuse of alternative materials is the ability to play with different colours and then observe how the tiles reflect and play with the light.