This is a list of the classes that are currently available to members
Each session is taught live and the recording is stored for one year inside the membership platform.
Each session is 90 minutes long and includes a presentation, a practical demonstration and the chance for members to ask questions.
Prompt: Bark
This session focuses on making mosaics inspired by patterns and textures observed on bark.
Practice building lines
The session includes
Using a combination of materials to build a line
Opportunities to practice splitting the line (stoppiamento)
Worked example from inspiration image to completed mosaic
Add more dimension to your work
Review of building an undulating substrate to reflect a fragment of bark
Discussion of options for adding extra 3D elements to your work
Tips for creating a mosaic on a 3D surface.
This session is accompanied by a thirteen page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics made by members inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Marie-Claude Messager
Top right: Brenda Kennelly
Bottom: Barbara Down
This session is available until 1st June 2027
Prompt: Nests
Simple design for beginners
Access to a complete course on creating a mosaic nest
Explore different material options
Practical demonstration on constructing the mosaic
This session focuses on making mosaics inspired by nests.
Lots of ideas for improvers/intermediates
Demonstration of how to build a simple sculptural substrate
Techniques for using interwoven lines in your designs
Ideas for different types of nests to use for inspiration
This session is accompanied by an eleven page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics made by members inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Myra Traylor
Top right: Tyler Joscelyn
Bottom: Jane Edwards
This session is available until 1st May 2027
Prompt: Butterflies and Moths
This session focuses on making mosaics inspired by butterflies and moths, with emphasis on looking in detail at their wings.
Try the ‘matchstick’ technique
The session includes
Tips for developing an abstract design from butterfly wings
Techniques to cut and use ‘matchsticks’ of glass in your mosaic
Tips for combining colours and creating texture
Work on Andamento
A design is provided for you to practice sdoppiamento (splitting the line)
Splitting the line explained with tips to put it into practice
Explore using interstices as a design feature.
Adapt the design to your choice of butterfly or moth.
This session is accompanied by an eleven page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics made by members inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Susan Buchan
Top right: Pascale D’Abrigeon
Bottom: Martina Regnerova
This session is available until 1st April 2027
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Inspired By Rust
This session focuses on making mosaics inspired by the colours and textures observed in rust.
Explore a range of techniques
The session includes
Techniques to help you choose a colour palette for your mosaic
Methods for creating textured surfaces in your mosaic
Tips for using Procreate to help develop designs
Two mosaic projects for you to try
The session demonstrates how to develop designs from images of rust.
Create a radiating design that incorporates lots of texture.
Watch a demonstration of how the mosaic is put together
Create an organic, linear design, using whatever materials you have available
This session is accompanied by an eleven page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics made by members inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Lisa Bonin
Top right: Camelia Pirvu
Bottom: Ann Hunter
This session is available until 1st March 2027
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Inspired By Light
This session focuses on exploring different ways you can use light in a mosaic.
Explore different ways to use light in a mosaic
This session covers topics including
Focusing on the value of materials to create gradients
Material options you can use to enhance how your mosaic interacts with light
Adding physical lights to your work
Two projects for you to make
This session includes detailed instructions for two mosaics
A step by step demonstration of how to develop a design inspired by the shadows cast by trees
A simple linear design that features highlights of reflective materials.
This session is accompanied by a ten page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics made by members inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Marie Claude Messager
Top right: Barbara Downs
Bottom: Janis Hargreaves
This session is available until 1st February 2027
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Inspired By Seaweed
This session covers making mosaics inspired by images of seaweed, using several different approaches.
Focus on building lines
The session includes
Simplifying images of seaweed to create linear designs
A worked example, showing all the steps from inspiration image to completed mosaic
Tips on andamento
Create organic abstracts
Learn how to
Create a simple abstract design using a mix of different materials
Build a flow of materials
Incorporate story-telling elements into your mosaic
This session is accompanied by an eleven page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
This mosaic is one of the demonstration pieces worked on during the session to illustrate the process from inspiration image to mosaic design.
This session is available until 1st January 2027
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Inspired By Memories
This session covers two different approaches
Mosaics that hold memories of a person or place.
Mosaics inspired by the theme of memory.
Using materials that hold memories
The session covers
How to choose materials that hold connections to people or places.
Design options for combining these materials to create a personal mosaic.
Memory as a theme in mosaics
Ideas for exploring the concept of memory include
Creating designs inspired by neural pathways in the brain.
Depicting memory loss through ‘unravelling’ threads/lines of mosaic
This session is accompanied by an eight page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
This mosaic is made using materials that hold memories. It is used in the session as an illustration of one type of design that can be used to bring together a variety of different of materials.
This session is available until 1st December 2026
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Inspired By Rocks
This session covers two different approaches
Designs that feature large pieces of slate or stone.
Designs inspired by the patterns observed on the surfaces of rocks.
Mosaics that feature large pieces of stone
Learn how to
Use large pieces as anchors for your design - how many to use, where to place them and what kind of spacing to use.
Fill the pathways between the large pieces.
Translate patterns on rocks into mosaic designs
The session includes
Links to multiple sources of inspiration.
Examples of how I have used this approach, showing the inspiration image next to the final design.
This session is accompanied by an eleven page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics made by members inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Marie-Martine Ligault
Top right: Jane Salvaggio
Bottom: Brenda Kennelly
This session is available until 1st November 2026
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Inspired By Fungus
This session covers two different approaches
Mosaic designs inspired by a photograph of fungus
Mosaic designs inspired by the underground network of mycelium
Mosaics inspired by photographs of fungus
The session includes
A step by step guide through the process of how a design is developed.
Tips for creating a successful radiating design with colour gradations.
A project you can make, including a list of alternative materials.
A practical demonstration of how the mosaic is put together.
Mosaics inspired by mycelium networks
The session includes
A focus on how to build lines in mosaic to represent the networks.
A review of two key andamento principles: branching from one line to two, and building lines that appear to go over and under each other.
This session is accompanied by an eleven page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics made inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Jane Edwards
Top right: Ann Hunter
Bottom: Brenda Kennelly
This session is available until 1st October 2026
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Using Circles
This session covers two different approaches
Create a circular mosaic design
Create a mosaic that uses only circular shaped tesserae.
Creating circular mosaic designs
The session covers
A number of different design options including concentric circles, non-concentric circles, overlapping circles, repeating patterns of circles.
A review of how to cut and use keystone shapes to create curves and circles
Use only circular shaped tesserae
The session covers
How to cut circular shapes to use in your mosaic.
Different material options including using manufactured and waste materials.
Options for different designs that just use circles
This session is accompanied by a ten page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics members have made inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Dorothy Lesowiec
Top right: Martina Regnerova
Bottom: Dorry Vargo
This session is available until 1st September 2026
Prompt: Make A Mosaic Using One Material
This session focuses on getting to know one material really well. You are encouraged to choose one material and explore different ways it can be used to make a mosaic.
Preparing materials
You will learn how to
Cut your material into different shapes and sizes.
Alter the surface of your material by faceting it.
Observe the different colours/textures on each surface of the tessera.
One material does not have to mean one colour. One material may contain several different colours.
Explore different ways to set your materials
This session will help you
Build your confidence in working with tile adhesive/thinset
Learn different ways to use your material, deepening your knowledge of the different effects you can create in a mosaic.
Focus on making the most of the materials that you already have.
This session is accompanied by an eleven page illustrated PDF that covers the key points from the class.
Members can download and keep this PDF to refer back to.
Here are some mosaics members have made inspired by this prompt.
Top left: Carolyn Nelson (ceramic)
Top right: Barbara Bernstein (stone)
Bottom: Sue Peterson (slate)
This session is available until 1st August 2026