Mosaics

Today was our mosaic-making day at Haley's Field Allotments in Bramley. People of all ages could mosaic a photo frame using glass nuggets, pebbles and buttons.











We also made some more birdboxes for the site while we were there. The ones we built a couple of years ago have blue tits nesting in them this year.



The project was funded by O2 Think Big, which funds projects run by people age 25 or under.

We also used the grant to create some larger mosaic pieces - the cube shaped seats we'll be displaying in our show garden before moving to a community space.

We're making the mosaics using the indirect method, which involves sticking mosaic tiles with their good side down to brown paper, then grouting from behind and sticking them to the seats. This method makes it easy to create the mosaic designs somewhere like the allotment site.





See our Flickr set for more photos from the day.

We'll be holding more craft days at the allotments later this year.