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Photo Gallery => The Gallery => Topic started by: ACE on February 24, 2007, 20:33:36

Title: As requested
Post by: ACE on February 24, 2007, 20:33:36: Make sure you put your sunglasses on before viewing.

First the courtyard which was inspired by Gaudi after a trip to Barcelona, but also has a Morroccan influence after another trip to Marrakesh.

(http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/1057/2296642960062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2296642960062644071xByVCu)

I think you have all met Ricky before at GWL. This is where he lives now

(http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/1700/2083691440062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2083691440062644071YqtvSQ)

(http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/1537/2588917670062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2588917670062644071cbTSHc)
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Post by: ACE on February 24, 2007, 20:39:20: This is a new gateway to the main garden

(http://inlinethumb42.webshots.com/2729/2664838160062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2664838160062644071QCHJUF)

(http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/3077/2348447130062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2348447130062644071KWBcjL)

(http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/1487/2182390750062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2182390750062644071QsuWrf)
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Post by: ACE on February 24, 2007, 20:46:58: Even the animals cannot escape

(http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/2052/2325080180062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2325080180062644071QoyGjG)

(http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/1808/2177154520062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2177154520062644071wodFNA)

(http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/197/2580600760062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2580600760062644071EeoNHz)

(http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/610/2225668620062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2225668620062644071tafybO)

And don't think this has escaped, its next on the list.

(http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/584/2623724290062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2623724290062644071RSjkTS)
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Post by: ACE on February 24, 2007, 20:55:17: These are termed as garden art, dotted around the terrace and decking walls

(http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/2349/2969908240062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2969908240062644071LZIfYQ)

(http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/2010/2129840390062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2129840390062644071mPTwEf)

(http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/1639/2192026750062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2192026750062644071GkaxZX)

(http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/1782/2833395230062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2833395230062644071ktVsYa)
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Post by: ACE on February 24, 2007, 21:01:30: Even indoors has not escaped

(http://inlinethumb64.webshots.com/3135/2112634080062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2112634080062644071gkNCXs)

Finally here is the next one being made, part of a 45m2 screen mosaic for a garden show

(http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/2232/2733494080062644071S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2733494080062644071RBYome)
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Post by: Hyacinth on February 24, 2007, 21:10:13: *
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Post by: Hyacinth on February 24, 2007, 21:11:21: (that means SPEECHLESS, Ace) 8)
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Post by: manicscousers on February 24, 2007, 22:28:32: they're incredible, you are a really talented person :)
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Post by: Leonnie on February 24, 2007, 22:34:29: That's fantastic, I love the square wall murals :D
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Post by: dandelion on February 24, 2007, 22:44:12: WOW Ace! Truly amazing! I love mosaics :D.

Don't forget to post a picture of the mosaic-ed cow when it is finished!
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Post by: Marymary on February 24, 2007, 23:21:15: Blimey Ace they are amazing, you live in an artwork! Must be wonderful to be surrounded by all that colour & beautiful things. Yes please do keep us posted with your projects.

[PS I get the shoes now - different thread!]
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Post by: rosebud on February 24, 2007, 23:53:06: Fantastic, i love the artwork. Well done to you. :) ;) :D
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Post by: Doris_Pinks on February 25, 2007, 00:04:20: WOW! :o ;D Yup as Marymary said, explains the shoes! ;D
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Post by: shirlton on February 25, 2007, 08:02:35: I love Moroccan design. Have been to North africa several times. Always wanted Tony to put some mosque arches on my wardrobes like you get in some hotels. Where in the world are you?. By looking at your garden you could be anywhere in North Africa. Post some more soon.
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Post by: Hyacinth on February 25, 2007, 10:11:20: bet that cow was nicked from Milton Keynes tho ;D
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Post by: Gardengirl on February 25, 2007, 12:04:58: Absolutely amazing Ace...........you are one talented guy :)
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Post by: lorna on February 25, 2007, 14:00:41: Brilliant. As you know I was also lucky enough to see some of the gardens you had worked on when we had a holiday last year on the Isle of Wight.
Lorna
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Post by: Emagggie on February 25, 2007, 15:26:53: Ace, Ace. fabulous.
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Post by: honeybee on February 25, 2007, 16:19:50: Wow wow wow, i didnt expect to see all of that :o

I am well and truly gobsmacked.
You have done a fantastic job.

If you run out of space do you intend to start working on the rest of your street? ;D

I was thinking that the cow had hailed from Manchester ;D
Cant wait to see it wearing its finest selection of jewels :)
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Post by: cardinalflower on February 25, 2007, 17:04:29: Didn't expect that!
Am amazed, so beautiful, will look even more stunning in Summer with the light sunshine reflecting on the mosaics.

:P
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Post by: Deb P on February 25, 2007, 17:24:35: Is the mosaic you are currently making based on a Klimt painting ("tree of life" or something similar)? It looks terrific!
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Post by: kitten on February 25, 2007, 20:45:35: Wow ace you're one talented chap! ;) I love the little bird!

I'd love to know where I could see some of your work - got a link or anything we could have a look at?
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Post by: sawfish on February 26, 2007, 08:27:48: I wrote my dissertation on Gaudi at Glasgow Art School and I'm sure even he would be amazed at what you've done. I cant believe your patience and obvious sense of colour and design.

You must get that cow done though, that would look wonderful.

TRULY SUPERB!!
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Post by: Trixiebelle on February 26, 2007, 09:03:42: FANTASTIC 8)
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Post by: Deb P on February 26, 2007, 17:21:18: Quote from: sawfish on February 26, 2007, 08:27:48
I wrote my dissertation on Gaudi at Glasgow Art School

Now that is a seriously nice building! 8)

I am a fan of Gaudi too, my OH is a carpenter and wants to make some Gaudiesque furniture....to busy doing stuff to earn a crust though! :'(
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Post by: BarbaraGood on February 27, 2007, 13:52:42: WOW! :o
Fantastic, what a talent and some patience you must have!
I'd love to be half as creative!
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Post by: emmy1978 on February 27, 2007, 14:04:21: Beautiful Ace.Your wall art is on my wish list for my garden when I finally buy a house. do you show and where? We're in Bournemouth and are going to the Isle of Wight in the summer with friends.
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Post by: ACE on February 27, 2007, 17:07:04: Quote from: Deb P on February 25, 2007, 17:24:35
Is the mosaic you are currently making based on a Klimt painting ("tree of life" or something similar)? It looks terrific!

The very same, but from a catalogue of carpet/rug designs that we use reproducing them in mosaic.

Emmy some of our stuff is on display in a few gardens, but mostly it is made for our gardens which we build at the garden shows. This takes me off the island for most of the summer so I am not usually here when most people come for their holidays.
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Post by: Hyacinth on February 27, 2007, 17:09:07: ACE, how long have you lived in your place, how long has this taken you to evolve, and do you have any 'before' pix please?
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Post by: Rohaise on February 27, 2007, 17:45:15: Ooooh! Can I have a go ? :) luv Rohaise x
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Post by: tim on February 27, 2007, 18:25:48: What do you do all day, Ace??

I suppose that living in mid-Channel gives you this exceptional talent?
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Post by: ACE on February 27, 2007, 18:55:07: Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on February 27, 2007, 17:09:07
ACE, how long have you lived in your place, how long has this taken you to evolve, and do you have any 'before' pix please?

I do not live there, it is the 'office', around the back is our nursery which we use to bring on all our plants for the show gardens. My business parner inherited it 2 years ago and hopes eventually to convert it to a proper home. In the meantime we mock up ideas and garden designs to show our clients.

Eventually when we have finished the gardens, which are about two and a half acres we will open it to the public. There will be a huge water garden, a shade garden in the woods, a design studio, a 25m x4m herbatious border. We also want a national collection of hemerocallis. The mosaic work will carry on and all sorts of objects will be covered in a fun garden. A lot of our show gardens will be recreated. We really play at gardening there, but it pays the bills.

My partners real garden is a traditional country cottage garden that features a lot in magazines and gardening shows, Mine is a garden with attitude, phormiums, flax, palms every type of echinops, trees with coloured bark, a henge and old motorcycles and machinery used as supports for climbers.
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Post by: Heldi on February 27, 2007, 20:48:19: Fantastic ACE.

I love the little bird...you must find a chicken to do!!! I was given two pottery hens recently...I think they were from B&Q...they would lend themselves perfectly to mosaic. I'm thinking about covering them in moss so they are furry :D

My son would go mad for the parrot.

Garden art second picture...that is my fav. Reminds me of the suface of Jupiter. Is that you reflected in the mirror taking the photo?

Now I really really really want to see your garden with it's bits of motorbikes and machinery...I'm so so curious.
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Post by: Marymary on February 27, 2007, 21:53:32: So do I [want to see your garden that is!]

Please :)
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Post by: Hyacinth on February 27, 2007, 22:32:35: Me too. 8)
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Post by: Bambi.1 on February 28, 2007, 11:44:39: It all looks beautiful Ace ;D l bought a book a couple of years ago on making mosaic pots,you've inspired me to get on and do some ;D
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Post by: emmy1978 on February 28, 2007, 14:31:33: Quote from: ACE on February 27, 2007, 17:07:04

Emmy some of our stuff is on display in a few gardens, but mostly it is made for our gardens which we build at the garden shows. This takes me off the island for most of the summer so I am not usually here when most people come for their holidays.
Right, will go on nosy of local gardens then. never been to a garden show, is one of the things I promised myself this year.
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Post by: flossie on March 03, 2007, 12:16:29: WOW they are really stunning 8)
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Post by: prink13 on March 03, 2007, 12:34:51: Absolutely fantastic!!!!!

At least the black and white cat hasn't been mosaic-ed - please tell me he's not on the list for after the cow!?! ???