Category: Broken Shards

Mosaic Altars

by magentaraven, posted in art, beautiful links, birds, Broken Shards, buddha, cacti, california, ceramics, clay, compassion, dream, earth, ganesh, garden, goddesses, love, magical, mosaics, nippers, ocean, peace, pottery, Santa Barbara, tile

A peek at the new mosaic altars I have been doing. To see more of the NEW altar mosaics ..., go NOW ravenMosaics. size 18"x25" ©2009 pErryhOffman magentaRaven.com ™

Santa Barbara MOSAIC workshop

by magentaraven, posted in art, beauty, beginning, Broken Shards, california, ceramics, mosaics, nippers, ocean, pottery, Santa Barbara, tile, workshop

Join Perry in his Santa Barbara garden and learn the art of mosaics. Using tile and pottery, broken ceramics and special bits from his ocean bone yard. You will create a piece of work that you can finish and take home. Day one, August 8, 2009 we will start at 10 am to design and … Continue reading Santa Barbara MOSAIC workshop

Workshop and new mosaic tile work

by magentaraven, posted in 29 Palms, art, beauty, Broken Shards, buddha, california, clay, compassion, desert, design, dream, ganesh, hindu, joshua tree, magical, mojave, mosaics, nippers, photo, Santa Barbara, spiritual, tile, Wonder Valley, workshop

First of all a huge THANK YOU to Diana from Native Tile for gifting me so many tiles... it's an unfathomable gift to a mosaic artist. I have shared with my students and a few friends but will use the rest to finish my desert house and the beach/oak house as well. Thank you to … Continue reading Workshop and new mosaic tile work

The ancient ways of blogging

by magentaraven, posted in 29 Palms, art, beautiful links, beauty, Broken Shards, cabin, california, desert, dream, earth, homestead, joshua tree, magical, mail art, mojave, mosaics, netherlands, politics, Santa Barbara, watts towers, workshop, world

SO, is blogging a thing of the past? I'm not sure as facebook has absorbed the better half of my time. I realized I hadn't written anything here in quite sometime and perhaps many of my readers have lost interest... I do not know. What I do see is a social revolution taking place via … Continue reading The ancient ways of blogging

Mosaic Workshops in the desert

by magentaraven, posted in art, bas relief, beauty, Broken Shards, buddha, cabin, california, ceramics, clay, concrete, design, dream, earth, fire, joshua tree, land, magical, mojave, mosaics, mountains, Wonder Valley

Come learn mosaics from a multi-media artist in an inspirational environment. A place of magic. Perry has been giving mosaic workshops for 5 years in the Mojave desert and Santa Barbara. He has been working in clay and tile and mosaics with his home for over 10 years now and it is a living evolving … Continue reading Mosaic Workshops in the desert

Number 9

by magentaraven, posted in art, bas relief, beauty, Broken Shards, california, ceramics, clay, desert, mosaics

Whew!!! The last few weeks have been incredibly non-stop. Beautiful, happy new year party in the desert with The Sibley's rocking us into the new year with Sophia Loren and Rubber Soul Rock n Roll not to mention I Don't Smile if I Don't Want To. A small intimate ROCKING party. I cannot thank the … Continue reading Number 9