Siobhan Tarr

Dead Mouse in Burgenland

 

blue and white villeroy and boch burgendland earthenware plate printed with dead mouse laser decal
Villroy and Boch “Burgenland” earthenware plate fired with laser decals

Community ceramic mosaic – street art

 

 

red brick wall showing ceramic street art of a blue and white woman

red brick wall with blue white ceramic dogs street art

A Mosaic of handmade Ceramic parts on a church wall in St. Pauli, Hamburg. This street art style mosaic celebrates “Park Fiction” which was fought for by the St.Pauli neighbourhood. The initial plan by the Senat to build concrete “blocks” of buildings on this site and in doing so completely close off the fantastic views of the Elbe river below was chucked and instead the open space was redeveloped into a park where a lot of dogs, local residents and tourists hang out.

Stone mosaic murals in Vietnam

 

gravel mosaic mural os Asain man sitting on a water buffalo
Mosaic mural made with coloured gravel depicting a chinese house mountains and flowers

Mosaics made of coloured gravel, small stones and ceramics at a buddist temple in Vietnam.

Plate printed with ceramic laser decals

 

old blue and white oval china plate fired with a laser decal depicting a hand pointing to a nest with three birds

This was the first test i did of printing a laser decal onto a second hand ceramic plate whilst i was at the International Ceramic Studio in Kecskemét Hungary. Even though the sepia colour of the birds fired a bit pale I was happy with the result for a first attempt.

Sculpture of broken ceramics in Kecskemét, Hungary

 

detail of a sculptural pile of broken ceramics held together with cement in the garden of the international ceramic studion in Kecskemét in Hungary

This is part of a sculptural arch built of broken porcelain and ceramics in the garden of the International Ceramic Studio, a ceramic art centre in Kecskemét in Hungary where i did a transfer printing on ceramics master course a few years ago. I was lucky in as much as we were a very small group –  there were only three of us taking part in the course. We learnt how to make and fire ceramic laser decals and experimented with painting on porcelain. I had a great time and met some lovely ceramic artists.

Mosaic cow head

 

white porcelain mosaic cow head with womans head from german beer stein

This is one of a series of mosaic cow heads I made a few years ago. I never got round to putting this one on my website back then, I´ve just come across this photo.   The woman in the middle was part of a German beer stein.

Mosaic wall in Salernes, France

 

mosaic mural showing trees and flowers

Mosaic Mural in the town of Salernes, south east of France, famous for its “tomette” shape (hexagonal) terracotta tiles.

Mosaic tiled bench

 

man playing harmonica sitting on ceramic mosaic tiled bench in hamburg

detail of a bench made with colourful ceramic tiles
This bench is on the corner of Marktstrasse in Carolinenvertiel in Hamburg. I couldn´t see anywhere who made it, the handmade tiles are so nice and cheerful. While I was taking photos of it this man suddenly appeared, he told me he sleeps on it some nights in the summer. We had a nice little chat and then he pulled out his harmonica and gave me a little tune.

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