mosaics

make mosaics- they are so time-consuming!”  This is a quote from a student of mine who, incidentally, has several future mosaic plans for himself. I won’t attempt to answer the question of  ‘Why?’  until a later post, but I will say something now about

Well, Hello, Little Fella by Lynn Bridge My latest commission involved mosaic techniques I had been ready to try out, but hadn’t had a pressing reason to start.  When the clients said that they wanted a mosaic in the spirit of Matisse’s Blue Nudes,or his Goldfish

detail of Field of Eggs by Lynn Bridge I have been contemplating my online life and how to consolidate a couple of my personal sites into one. Last time I looked, WordPress didn’t offer a blog theme with a static cover page (resembling a website), but now it does. Thank

Not only am I having my first experiences teaching adults, but I’m also brand-new to teaching art. I have had decades to practice art, to experience being a student, and to think about the many subjects within the category ‘art’, but teaching is a novelty for

To entitle sequential posts ‘Part A’ and ‘Part B’ sounds like I’m mixing epoxy, but I’m not.  I am gluing together my thoughts about the art and science of teaching, in the hope that you will share your experiences as a teacher, or your

I spent ten happy hours this holiday weekend teaching four adults in a beginning mosaic class at Glencliff Art Studio.  I’ve spent countless hours in the classroom with 11 to 18-year-olds, but until now, zero hours teaching adults. Here are my preliminary observations- see

Go visit your favorite home-improvement store and buy a couple of cans of spray foam insulation. Do you have a sturdy shipping carton? Oh, well then, you need to beg, borrow, or buy one. Next, wrap your pointy, pokey, delicate mosaic in layers of kitchen plastic wrap.  Make the

The Food Desert This mosaic will soon hang in Ciel Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Here is Ciel’s press release about the show, tailored for my local paper, of course: Lynn Bridge of Austin, TX  has been selected by juror Sonia King for inclusion in articulate : the

Today I want to highlight two artists whose thoughts have converged for me. The first, Liza Meyers, is a painter and sculptor whose blog post today caught my attention:  “No Excuses: Make Art With What We Have.”  She describes visually and verbally some instances in

[slideshow] More glass shards, more kiln time, more mortar, more faces.  These are the faces you have seen before, either on this blog, or at my home studio, and they are starting to multiply. My kiln is running every day now that the West Austin Studio Tour is over. I am using