My art journey began at the Canterbury school of Fine Arts in Christchurch, New Zealand. Later I fell in love with the artisan craft of mosaic whilst travelling and seeing many ancient mosaics in Italy and Spain.<\/p>\n
My aesthetic appreciation and cultural awareness was raised; giving me the inspiration to move into this artform.<\/p>\n
Mosaics have fascinated people for centuries and are both a functional form and a decorative art and are a collage of sorts made up of closely set, usually variously coloured, small pieces of material such as stone, glass, tile or shell.<\/p>\n
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How did you develop your style?<\/strong><\/p>\n My path towards my current practice has been through various forms of study and mentoring, honed by years of visual observation and response.<\/p>\n Mosaic has been my current focus, using glass tiles, recycled crockery and beads as well as semi-precious stones in order to create rich patterns and capture narrative.<\/p>\n As a \u2018Modern Artisan\u2019, my style is decorative with a contemporary edge.<\/p>\n My work reflects my appreciation for the beauty and the blossoming of the natural world.<\/p>\n Which other artists inspire you?<\/strong><\/p>\n My favourite mosaic artist would have to be Gaudi whose work I saw in Barcelona.<\/p>\n I also discovered the contemporary American painter Robert Kushner whilst visiting New York city, who is known for his involvement in the pattern and decoration movement.<\/p>\n I\u2019m also a huge fan of Georgia O\u2019Keefe and the Australian artists Margaret Preston and Criss Canning.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are some fond memories you have from your practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been practising art as long as I can remember and my grandmother was largely influential with this. She was a painter who went to art school with Arthur Boyd.<\/p>\n Following in her footsteps, I remember my sister and I learning to paint on the verandah with our easels and brushes from a very young age.<\/p>\n My creative practice has given me some wonderful opportunities to show my art in various galleries and public art spaces. This includes Linden New Art Gallery in Melbourne and more recently my show Arcadia<\/em> at Arnold St Gallery in Bendigo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mosaic-Alter-by-Kirsten-Asche-200x300.jpg\")
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