2016, 750 mm x 750 mm, iridescent glass tiles, on marine ply.This work was inspired by my love of science fiction shows when I was a child. I loved the visuals of space travel at “warp factor 9”. This work is inspired by the rushing bright lights of those early “space” visuals before the advent of CGI. Overall Winner of 2016 National Mosaic Exhibition.
2018, 600 mm x 600 mm, fused glass, glass tile, stained glass, on marine ply. I love fusing (melting) my small glass scraps and creating “dots”. This piece is inspired by my life time love of horses and my urge to blend colour.
2017, 180 mm x 180 mm, coloured glass and seed beads, glass. This work was inspired by a Haiku poem about spring.
2016, 600 mm x 600 mm, iridescent glass tiles, on marine ply. Lions disappear in the long grass of the savannah and I tried to emulate that with this work which is made entirely of light honey coloured tiles. The tiles making up the lions face are iridescent and the tiles surrounding it are matte. In different lights the lions face appears and then disappears as the light changes.
2016, 300 mm x 300 mm, glass tiles, on old platter. Rather than smashing up an old tired platter I decided to up cycle it and create something new and beautiful.
2018, 300 mm x 24 mm, stained glass, glass on glass. I am in awe of apex predators and I find wolves both beautiful and magical. This piece was an experiment in colour and I was very happy with the outcome.
Jackie Strickland
I was introduced to mosaics around 6 years ago when my cousin showed me some of her work. I quickly became entranced with the never-ending possibilities of working in this medium. I initially used broken china and ceramic tiles for my early compositions but gradually moved on to trying glass tiles, stained glass, beads, glass shapes and more.
I entered the National Exhibition of Mosaic Art in 2016 and was very honoured to win the 2D and Overall Winner awards.
I love the texture of mosaics – I always want to run my hands over a beautiful work (and normally you can) to get that extra sensory feel for it, that extra understanding of what the work is. I find the entire process of creating a mosaic artwork satisfies something deep within my soul and I will always create mosaics as this art form has a very definite hold on my heart.
Location: Whangarei
See my work: mosaictradernz.co.nz
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