Description: A creative guide to making abstract mosaic designs inspired by nature, using the natural beauty and texture of slate and stone.
Brief description: Rachel Davies is a mosaic artist who creates highly textural, organic artworks using her preferred materials of slate, stone and glass. Her work has been exhibited both within the UK and at an international level. She is a sought-after instructor and regularly teaches mosaic classes both in person and online. Her online classes are attended by students from around the world. Rachel lives in Scotland and is a former Chair of the British Association for Modern Mosaic.
Review Quotes:
"Rachel Davies' new book, Mosaics Inspired by Nature, is the book we've all been waiting for. It takes a fresh, informative look at a neglected corner of the mosaic world - how to make textured, abstract mosaics using stone and particularly slate." --Helen Miles Mosaics
"Mosaics Inspired by Nature offers the reader a well-conceived and nicely observed, step-by-step guide to making a contemporary mosaic inspired by the natural world around us. [...] The text is clear and precise and presented in Rachel's inimitable style, as those who participate in her popular online classes will know, and illustrated throughout with excellent photographs." --Joanna Kessel, artist "It is invaluable to any mosaic lover with questions about tools, materials, techniques, substrates, adhesives and definitely inspiration...You need this book." --Rachel Sager, Owner and Founder of The Ruins Project "The many illustrations in Rachel Davies's book are superb, and include plenty of steps-along-the-way that beginners will find most useful. Highly recommended." --Mosaic Matters