I'm excited to say I won this Joey award for favorite art classes in the Metro-West region! Thanks so much to all of you who voted for me! 

I'm so grateful

it’s been eleven years; I still love what I do and am inspired by my wonderful students every day!

On the home

front, I can't believe we've lived on the lake for six years!

The snow and ice has melted for now, but the joy of living in New England is that it could easily come back at any time.

When we moved to the lake, we didn’t expect that winter would be such a dynamic season, but were happy to be proven wrong. We love the variety of ice patterns we see!

Partial or full ice coverage; big and small cracks or starbursts; rough or smooth; white, gray, or translucent. It can look like a black and white photo with gorgeous gray gradients; other times, it has sepia tones with a bit of color.

I had no idea that the lake in the winter could be this inspirational - every day I see a possible mosaic!

Two Events - Save the Dates!!!

Galatea Gallery

Speaking of inspiration, I’m also excited to report that in April, I’ll

be showing my work at SOWA (South of Washington) in the South End of Boston with 11 other mosaic artists!

Come see the gallery show and then walk around SOWA, it's such a fun area!

Exhibition Dates: 

April 1-27, 2024

Opening

Reception:

Friday, April

5th, 2024

6:00-8:00 pm

New England Mosaic Society Gallery Show

The Attleboro Arts Museum

Exhibition Dates: 

April 10th- May 4th, 2024

Opening Reception: 

Saturday, April 13th, 2024

2:00 pm-4:00 pm

Michelle Sider Workshop and Retreat

4 spots left

Location: My studio!

July 26-29, 2024

I'm so looking forward to it!

Children's Class (Participating Parents Welcome)!

Sign your child up for the full series, or single classes within the series! 

For children ages 8 and up!

Next Session starts this week!

Friday, Mar 1, 8, 15, 22

Check out the free promotional

video for my succulents and mixed media courses:

Mixed Media Succulent Gardens

Mixed Media Using Natural Materials

Someone donated some driftwood, so fun to work with!

Create Mosaic Succulents

In-Studio Class

In this class (video or in-studio) you will learn to create nine succulents. Three out of crockery, one out of rocks, and five out of putty!

My upcoming weekend class in March is full (you are welcome to join the waitlist), but registration is open for one coming up in October!

The piece above is created with leftover materials from Anna's partner, who is making his own wood flooring! She gave me the additional strips to create with!

Weekly Classes

Tuesdays and Thursdays

10-12:30

Rachel noticed this table in her house with a black inset and thought it could use a mosaic. How beautiful!

Below are two of Rachel's pieces in her son’s home.

What a wonderful place to put mosaics!

Filly's family took images of some of her magnificent mosaic art and made them into umbrellas! Soon they will be for sale in her Etsy shop. Details to come!

Amy started with a photo she took and used it for inspiration for the foreground of this piece.

Then she completely changed the background from the original image. This, to me, is a huge part of the fun of mosaic art - you can make it up as you go along! The degree of faithfulness to the original image varies throughout the process - some people might even completely wing it and play throughout creating a piece.

What's wonderful about mosaics is that even if you copy an image exactly, you will always create a unique piece due to your creative choices and use of materials. There are no rules in art - it depends on the preferences of the artist, which are always changing! 

Plant pots are fun to make and are wonderful gifts! Nice job Carol!

Monthly

Ladies Night Out

Create Mosaic Jewelry

The next Ladies' Night Out on March 9th still has openings!

They are monthly throughout the year!

I rarely post my own jewelry pieces, but here are some recent examples that I particularly liked.

Someone was kind enough to donate a few of the copper squares in the middle of the pieces below and I love them!

Evie made a gorgeous pendant with smalti scraps. She chose a sterling silver base to complete the design.

Lake Maspenock Ladies' Night Out (LNO)

Create Mosaic Jewelry

April 4, 2024, 7-9:30 pm

This is a private event for those people living on or near the lake who are members of the Lake Maspenock Preservation Association (LMPA). It is also a fundraiser for purchasing additional safety equipment for the beach front.

We had a LNO a few years ago and it was really wonderful to spend the evening with neighborhood friends and meet new ones.

Are you in a garden club, card or book group, or have a family reunion coming up? Want to do something a bit different? Click on this link for more information. BYOB!

Mosaic Saturdays

I still have some openings for the next two Mosaic Saturdays on March 9th and 23rd. Just click on the link above to register for these or future classes.

Mosaic Saturdays are twice a month through May!

10-12:30 morning

12:45-3:15 afternoon

10-3:15 full day

Susan really took her time making this stunning glass-on-glass piece and it shows! Instead of gluing tesserae (pieces) on a solid base like wood, glass-on-glass is just tesserae on glass. Once grouted it looks like a stained-glass piece without the copper foil, soldering, and lead!

I so admire stained glass artists, it is a much more precise art than mosaic art, with lots of preparation and planning. Mosaic art has the option of being more spontaneous and you can change your mind along the way.

Both are wonderful, just different!

 I love when friends create together!

Beautiful work!

Windows!

These classes will start up again in May, but registration is open and they are filling up, so sign up today!

This wonderful piece was made a while back by a student who started a group called "Wine About Books!"

Suncatcher Class!

More dates to save!

Gift Certificates!

Gift certificates are always a thoughtful present!

You could register for a specific class, or purchase a general gift certificate that can be used toward artwork or classes.

Shopping!

You are welcome to make an appointment to shop at the studio.  

It's best to text or email with times that work for you, and we'll set up a time.

For the rest of 2024 and beyond!

Cheryl