To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, year 3 & 4 children were invited to submit drawings of what they would like to see in the mosaic to commemorate this special event. I used these drawings as inspiration for the overall design which we created in a two-day School mosaic workshop. If you would like to commission a Royal Coronation mosaic for your School please get in touch.
Interior mosaic Size 120cm x 85cm, materials pre-cut mosaic glass tiles on mdf wood base
School memorial project working with pupils and staff to commemorate the loss of a much loved member of staff. A shimmering peace dove with forget me not flowers and heart detail created in a one-day School workshop. This was a reflective project with staff and pupils coming together to work on the mosaic side by side. I worked with a small group at a time and rotated throughout the day until everyone had participated by laying a few tiles. Now installed on the outside of the School building for everyone to visit.
“Julie worked with staff and students at our school to create a beautiful mosaic in memory of our colleague. Julie was incredibly sensitive and understood exactly what we wanted and needed. All the students responded to her calm and gentle manner. Julie explained the technique and worked patiently with everyone. The result was absolutely stunning! The school are extremely pleased with the mosaic. I could not have chosen anyone more perfect than Julie to create this important piece of art with us”
Having previously bought a textured piece of interior wall art, clients came back to commission a series of bespoke exterior artworks for their garden. The brief was to create some art that would span the length of a rendered wall (7m x 0.7m) at the bottom of their garden as a backdrop feature to the hot tub / patio decking area.
The clients identified a piece from my ‘Living Layers’, inspired by nature collection where they liked the textures of the natural slate and muted colour palette. After visiting their site and noting the colours of the planting in the area I presented a design of 5 abstract pieces that would flow across the wall creating a sense of movement.
Whilst each artwork is individual and unique, the colour scheme and choice of materials ties them all together as a collection. Natural slate, beach ceramic, glass, unglazed porcelain.
Design Nation: Our Journeyis an exciting new exhibition featuring the work of 25 makers from across the UK which you can visit at the Hub, Sleaford in Lincolnshire from 29 January – 24 April 2022. It has been earmarked by the Crafts Council as one of the shows to see in 2022 and I’m lucky enough to be one of the exhibitors!
Contemporary craft art exhibition
This diverse exhibition features work from makers working a variety of different disciplines who all demonstrate excellence and innovation in craftsmanship so there is plenty to see from ceramics, glass, leather and metal to repurposed materials, textile and wood. Exhibits include 2D artworks, decorative vessels, jewellery, lighting, mosaics, quilting, throws and sculptures.
“Amongst Design-Nation’s many talented makers in ceramics Julie Vernon stands out as a skilled mosaicist, and one who is challenging the traditional forms of this ancient craft through her new nature-inspired combinations of glass, ceramic, natural marble and slate”Design Nation
I’ve made 3 pieces for this exhibition – the Natural collection in Beach White, Ochre Layers and Rock Grey. The work was inspired by lockdown walks and the importance of being outdoors and surrounded by nature as part of my own wellbeing. I hand cut unglazed porcelain tiles into strands, using the uneven cut surface to create texture and pattern and combine these with tumbled beach ceramic, river rocks and found materials from my walks. As well as being a study of colour, I was drawn to the protective and shielding nature of circular shapes to hold and contain the movement of the tesserae.
List of exhibitors Ash & Plumb, Scott Benefield, Charlie Birtles, Linda Bloomfield, Georgia Blossom, Jan Bowman, Rachel Fitzpatrick, Momoka Gomi, Myra Hutton & Nick Rawcliffe, Sam Isaacs, Lizzie Kimbley, Amy Leigh, Hannah Lobley, Lucy MacDonald, Michaela McMillan, Laura Mabbutt, Jacky Oliver, Janine Partington, Verity Pulford, Alison Shelton Brown, Helen Slater Stokes, Anna Thomson
Rocket Round Leicester has officially launched with all 40 giant rockets now out in their locations across the City of Leicester 19th July – 26 September. This is a free public art trail and you can find the shimmering ‘stardust’ located in St Peter’s Square outside Highcross shopping centre if you would like to visit at any time over the summer. For further details and trail maps click here https://rocketroundleicester.co.uk/art-trail/
You can also find me in the Rocket Round Leicester Hub Shop at Highcross on the upper mall, near to John Lewis on Wednesday 28th July 10 – 4. I’ll be showing my new collection of make your own Rocket kits and shimmering ‘stardust’ replica wall art if you would like to call in for a chat.
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