Claire Terry

Spheres of the Cosmos. Smahttps://www.artweeks.org/sites/default/files/2021/galleries/clalti glass, 24ct gold tiles, glass tiles, wood mount. The creation of the world was often depicted as concentric coloured rings. In my version I have represented the sky with the outer blue ring, the terracotta ring is earth, green is for flora, gold and silver represent celestial night and day. I have depicted humans as the red band enveloping the fragile blue planet as a warning of things to come. 79 x 79 x 2.5cm

Void- Beginning End. Glass, 24 ct gold tiles, marble, acrylic, wood mount. A supermassive black hole and its event horizon. I wanted to produce a kind of negative image that depicts the ring of light as black and the void of space in gold, I took inspiration from Byzantine mosaics and so used real gold tiles to create a textured patchwork of geometric squares. 79 x 79 x 2.5cm

Corona Aureole. Reclaimed willow pattern china, mother of pearl, Smalti glass, wood mount. This piece began just as the outbreak of the Corona virus became known. It was a cruel coincidence but also seem apt to acknowledge its presence during lockdown. 79 x 79 x 2.5cm

Roger de Trumpington. The armour of this crusader knight is recreated in silver and gold buttons and coins. His face is drawn with pastels to give him a warmth and energy. 115 x 36 x 2cm

Medieval skeleton. Mixed media ceramics on wood mount 'Remember you must die' A momento mori of a corpse partially wrapped in a shroud. 125 x 33 x 2cm

Merry Go Round Horse. Mixed media on wood base, iron and composite support. 62 x 58 x 16cm

Triptych Fresco Scroll. In glass, tiles, bone china, oak frame Total size for three 40 x 60 x 3cm

Mosaic Children. Mixed media on board, life size. 163 x 63 x 40cm each

Garden Globe - Sunny Street. Mixed media, polystyrene base Diameter 50cm

Sunflower. Mixed media on wood mount After Edward Steichen, an American artist and photographer. Frame 75 x 60 x 6cm

Fire. Smalti glass and stone and tiles on wood mount. 20 x 30cm

Artform:

Mosaics

Themes:

Big and Bold

Figures and Form

Patterns and Shapes

Artist information:

I initially worked with recycled china and mixed media but after a visit to Ravenna in Italy to see the Byzantine mosaics and training in the traditional techniques with a hammer and hardie I now mix the two. I love the vibrant colours of the hand blown Smalti glass and the way the light bounces off the facetted rough surfaces of the glass and natural stone.

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