This is a taster mosaic workshop session for people interested in joning our Alice Billing House community mosaic project.
Taster Session
Join us on 3 March, from 2:00–4:30 pm, for a mosaic workshop taster session at Unit 28, Stratford Market Village.
Come along to see if you’d like to sign up for the community mosaic project and learn how to make a small mosaic using glass and ceramic tiles. The session will cover basic cutting and laying techniques and is suitable for beginners.
The Alice Billing House Community Mosaic Project
This spring, we are embarking on an ambitious community mosaic project.
The project will create five mosaic panels and accompanying signage, designed by lead artist Tessa Hunkin and produced through a programme of community workshops. The final artworks will form a striking, long-term feature in the soon-to-be heritage garden at Alice Billing House, celebrating both the building’s past and the creativity it continues to inspire today.
We will invite the local community to help create two of the mosaic panels, as well as the way-finding sign, through a hands-on workshop series running over three months, from March to May. These sessions will take place in a specially dedicated shop unit in the Market Village at Stratford Centre.
The lead artist, Tessa Hunkin, is known for leading the acclaimed community mosaic at Shepherdess Walk in Hackney.
Helping with the project will be Rada Stilianova. Rada joined The Hackney Mosaic Project as an assistant to Tessa and has since taught at the Royal Academy, Working Men's College, and City Lit.
Be Part of the Project
Participants will:
Learn mosaic-making techniques from Tessa Hunkin, who previously led the acclaimed community mosaic at Shepherdess Walk in Hackney.
Take part in weekly sessions, each lasting 3 hours. Held in a dedicated space in Market Village, Stratford Centre, Unit 28
The sessions will be on Tuesdays & Thursdays afternoons, 2 pm-5 pm, between March and the end of May
Contribute directly to the creation of a meaningful, lasting artwork at Alice Billing House, a heritage artist studio in Startford
Be part of a welcoming, creative, collaborative environment, no experience required.
Address:
Unit 28, Stratford Market Village.
Contact marguerite@growstudios.co.uk for more information or directions
