Marian Shapiro
Mosaics
Teaching in 2025 - Listed in chronological order - scroll down for full details
Glenbrook NSW
Bend Fold and Undulate
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When: 9/10 August 2025, 10-5 both days - SOLD OUT - Email me to go on a waitlist mshapiro@dariandesign.com.au
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Where: My studio in Glenbrook, NSW
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Cost: $430 including all materials, morning and afternoon tea, a light lunch both days and drinks and nibbles at the end of day one. $150 non refundable deposit. Bookings HERE
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Limited to four people
Learn my trademark technique for making lightweight, dimensional substrates for mosaic. On day one, we cover two methods for making lightweight non-flat wall-hanging substrates suitable for interior or exterior use. You will learn to make an undulating or folded wall hanging substrate of your own design. The second substrate is hollow, such as a wall-hanging mask or torso and introduces you to the technique of sand casting. Both of these pieces are made in two stages and will need to be finished in your own time after the course.
In the afternoon of the first day you will be given a small (approximately 20 x 25 cm) half-made folded or undulating form to to finish, including adding hanging hardware. This cures overnight ready to be worked on the next day. On day two you mosaic the substrate that you completed the day before.
By the end of the workshop you will have made two substrates up to the end of stage 1, completed a substrate including attaching hangers and other embellishments such as fringes and had experience mosaicing on a non-flat substrate. This will give you the skills to make and mosaic your own substrates from scratch at home. All materials for making substrates are supplied, including supplies to finish off your first two substrates at home. For day two, mosaic materials are supplied but you are welcome to bring yoru ownmaterial to supplement it.
Travelling to Teach
If you would like me to come and teach for you, please contact me on mshapiro@dariandesign.com.au and I will send you my booklet of available workshops.
