From Fragments to Flowers: A Foxglove in Mosaic with Una Aynsley

 

Come and spend a lovely day with Grasmere's Una Aynsley, creating a beautiful mosaic foxglove. 

A totally absorbing and meditative craft creating something beautiful and durable. Una has a large selection of natural materials including mussel shells specifically gathered for this class, as well as glass and ceramic tiles. You will be taught how to cut and select them and how to lay them to create the best effect,  the mussel  shells to creating the beautiful foxglove flower.

Una says 'I will demonstrate the process and offer as much help as you need”.

We will cut the materials in buckets of water to reduce dust and flying debris but gloves, glasses, aprons are also all provided.

There is a lot of pre-cut material available too, so if your mobility is restricted there will be a lot of material for you to use.

10am – 4pm
£85 fresh coffee, lunch included
Material Charges :  £20 collected on the day

 

 

Dates for this course - see list below for which date to book:            

Friday 12th March 2027

Kindly note there will be a materials charge payable directly to the tutor on the day of £20  Typically this course runs with around 8 students.

 

About the Artist  Una has lived all around the world and been involved in lots of art disciplines.  She lived in HK until her mid 20’s working for HK’s top art galleries and auction houses and graduated from UEA with a degree in Art History and Architecture. At the weekends and holidays she was a self taught, commissioned  mural painter painting many schools and private homes. Una also lived in the US where she attended courses at the Art Students League and Parsons school of design in New York.  In Dubai, she illustrated 3 top selling children’s books and continued to paint murals for private clients. During this time Una did a 3 day mosaic course in London in and it led to being commissioned to do a huge mosaic for a bar in St Paul’s, London but mosaics were put on pause until

Una rediscovered contemporary mosaic on instagram. Una joined Rachel Davies mosaic membership for a year wherein you have to make a mosaic every month with a group discussion at the end. It rekindled her passion for mosaics and led to her taking an advanced mosaic course in Ravenna with Kokomosaico in 2024. Ravenna changed her mosaic making and understanding of it as an art form. It is a UNESCO world heritage site for Byzantine mosaics and side by side has the most advanced, contemporary and traditional mosaic studios. Unconventional materials with traditional methods hand in hand. It literally blew her mind.

Una intends to go back soon….in the meantime she continues to experiment,  use new materials , improve her practice and bring this fantastic art form to as many people as she can.