about siobhan

Although I work with conventional mosaic materials such as ceramic tile, coloured glass and smalten, I like a lot of the time to use porcelain, both vintage and modern which i have spent many years hunting and collecting. Whilst the china often has it´s own story to tell I use the broken fragments to make up, once the work is complete, a new story whereby the shards take on a second life. Whilst working on a piece I work spontaneously and intuitively breaking up the tiles, cups, plates and so on as I go along. In my head I visualise the knit of a old woolly brown coat when I see the embossed pattern on a brown "bad-taste" fondue plate or see the shimmering wings of a beetle in a garish iridescent lilac vase.

I take on commissional works and have mosaics in both public and private areas. I instruct mosaic art projects in schools and art groups and give adult mosaic workshops. 

 
Siobhan Tarr - handmade