MOSAIC WORKSHOPS @ STUDIO OZMOSAICS 
Your tutor  - Mosaic Artist/Instructor Sandy Robertson

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OzMosaics Workshops   *all materials supplied-unless stated in course info. *bring your own lunch, morning & afternoon tea and pop-up drinking water bottle or cold drinks. A fact sheet will be emailed on what to bring, wear to the workshop etc.  Dave will assist you with directions to the studio. OzMosaics stocks mosaic supplies - tools and equipment but each student has a full set of tools to use and test out during your workshop!

Book early to avoid disappointment. Re cancellations, your deposit is non-refundable but transferable to another workshop, if cancelled a week prior to the workshop. We do understand that sometimes events occur at the last minute.   We do our best to work in with you to accommodate your mosaic workshop.

$50 deposit *balance of workshop fee is paid in full prior to workshop or at start of your workshop. 4-8 students per class. *Limited Bed & breakfast accommodation available at OzMosaics - email for info. *Parking outside studio. *Bus/trains handy. *Credit card/Eftpos/Cash  *Microwave & fridge. *Complimentary tea/coffee.

                                    

Introduction to Mosaic Art - Beginner Workshop A - ONE DAY 

 Class  9am - 5pm
Wednesday or Saturday -   $125 (incl gst) 

 

•         2008:
          Wednesday 11th June
•         Saturday 28th June
•         Saturday 12 July
•         Wednesday 16th July
•         Saturday 19th July
•         Saturday 9th August
          Saturday 16th August
          Saturday 30th August
                                                            Saturday 6th September
                                                            Saturday 4th October
                                                            Saturday 11th October
          Please email or phone Dave for other workshop dates.

Your introduction to mosaic art, Sandy Style!   Suitable for beginners or students wishing to update their skills utilising Sandy's mosaic tips and tricks. 

In this introduction to mosaics workshop, you will make a beautiful mosaic trivet, which we fondly call a goZunda!  Goes under everything!     Each student is given a full set of tools to use during the course and a comfortable work area!

After completing mosaic workshop A & B at OzMosaics, students will have experienced making mosaics using viitreous mosaic tile, 3-D flowers and leaves made out of wine bottles.    Mirror background, glass mosaic tile border, copper wire beading for flower centres etc!  The mesh method will be discussed - samples shown. 

The workshops will bring out the mosaic artist in you, with a taste for mixed media.  This project gives a taste of mixed media mosaics.  
The valuable instruction you receive in OzMosaics mosaic workshops give you the skills to make your own mosaic art at home - perhaps make a mosaic table, mosaic pot or stepping stone.

Instead a doing a drawn-out , expensive mosaic course, at OzMosaics you learn the basics quickly and thoroughly - then plan your mosaics - knowing you will make a beautiful and enduring mosaic.   OzMosaics stocks all mosaic materials - a one stop mosaic shop with expert advice from a professional mosaic artist.   Book in to start your mosaic journey - after this workshop the advanced class will take you to new mosaic heights!  Be warned it's addicitve!   Your creative side will be unleased - you will find yourself collecting and gathering tesserae for your mosaics in shapes and forms you never dreamed of!   

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Workshop B - Advanced  Mosaic Class 
This is a wonderfully creative workshop!
Mosaic picture mural - mixed media mosaics.
$250 including materials.  You may be asked to bring a few cups and saucers!
After completing the beginner's class, this takes you to a whole new level - mixed media mosaics.

•         Saturday/Sunday  17th/18th May  9 - 5 pm
•         Saturday/Sunday  5th/6th July  9 - 5 pm
•         Saturday/Sunday  26/27th July  9 - 5 pm
•         Saturday/Sunday 13/14 September 9-5pm
•         Saturday/Sunday 25/26 October  9-5pm
   
  

Students will make a 30 x 30 cm mosaic picture on MDF - a mosaic featuring a wheelbarrow cut from tile and mirror carting a barrow load of of mixed media flowers and foliage - to learn how to cut china, wine bottles creataive texture.  The background includes a mosaic section of a house, tree, sky etc etc.  Pattern supplied by OzMosaics

Mosaic instruction will cover, pique assiette, cutting china, wine bottles, using pebbles and found objects, blings and boings, installing mosaics, hanging mosaic art, advanced mesh applications, using thinset to shape, coat and glue advanced cutting tips & tricks - introduced by Sandy over the last 8 years.  You will love this workshop!  Mosaic slide shows - inspiration overload.

It is a pre-requisite that the Beginner Workshop at OzMosaics is completed before booking into this workshop or students have worked through Sandy's beginner dvd at home.    Everyone needs to be up to speed , Sandy Style to create this mini mural over a weekend workshop.   Have fun, make new mosaic friends and become even more addicted to mosaic art.

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• Monday 22nd to Friday 26th September 2008 9-4 pm daily  
  

Jam as much mosaic making as you can into your life - it's fantastic therapy and so good for you.  Meet and make new friends, share mosaic experiences and mosaic dreams.

Thisbeautiful LazySusan (aka LazySandy!) is made on Sandy's light-weight moZboard - order a moZboard in the mosaic emporium shop or contact Dave to discuss your next moZboard substrate.  After your first mosaic workshop, you will find making a lazySandy a pleasurable experience.  Sandy has fantastic tips and tricks -- the new mosaic grids in store make borders a dream!

You will not be cutting china or doing mixed media in the beginner A workshop as there is simply not enough time to cover this wonderful mosaic adventure in this workshop, however, you will be stimulated as you will be surrounded by Sandy's works of art and projects in the making in the glassed-in studio poolside. (Workshop B is for china and more and can be booked after Workshop A is completed).

Sandy will supply students in Workshop A a CD of class notes and students may wish to purchase Sandy's beginner DVD for back-up info.   All students will automatically be enrolled in Sandy's clubDIVA and will receive mosaicMAG newsletters and special fact sheet and updates as members of clubDIVA, when it is ready to be released.   Frequent tiling points will be accumulated in clubDIVA and these will be applied to future purchases in the mosaic shop, in due course.

....learn to shove the shard, blings and boings and a host of surprises for the adventurous and students wishing to go to the next stage of mosaic magic.  3-D is so exciting and Sandy is the Diva of Pique Assiette!

Sandy and Dave look forward to welcoming you at your mosaic workshop.  Perhaps you might enjoy the workshop with a friend and continue sharing the joy of making mosaics together or forming a happy mosaic group.    Imagine making mosaics for your home, garden or for gifts!  Who knows where the yellow brick mosaic road may lead you....... Book now for the creative break of your life or perhaps surprise someone with a gift voucher - it's the perfect gift for all ages. 

Mosaic Shoe Making is high on the list  and workshop details will be available soon!
Book in with Dave.  Be prepared to be addicted to mosaics!
See you soon! 
Cheers Sandy, your mosaic guru!