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Mosaic and Bench
Location: Cumbria
 The Roman-style mosaic was created by selecting drawings provided by the children of Bowness-on-Solway Primary School. These drawings of birdlife of the Solway and the two salmon were collaged together with a scaled-down design.
The artist (Gilly Walton) then enlarged the drawings to full size (but back to front!) onto strong brown paper via the indirect method, using ceramic and glass mosaic tiles which are cut to shape with mosaic nippers. These were placed and stuck right-side down using wallpaper paste. This method enabled the artist to work off-site, and also allowed the children to learn the art of mosaic making.
The bench on the sea wall was designed to symbolise the haaf-netting tradition of the Solway Firth, and was made by a local craftsman.
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