Meet our 2024 Symposium Vendors
Open to the public. Thu 14th 11:00 – 4:00, Fri Sat 8:30 – 5:00, Sun 8:30 – 4:00
Art of Andamento – Caitlin Hepworth
Art of Andamento: Curriculum for Mosaic is a structured online curriculum for mosaic students developed by Caitlin Hepworth and produced by Jim Stewart. Students receive access to video tutorials, theoretical and historical presentations, digital resources, and printable templates which guide them through the learning units. The curriculum builds confidence through consolidating aspects of students’ prior learning and supplementing their face-to-face learning experiences.
Caitlin and Jim deliver a polished digital product that infuses historical and theoretical content with technical skills and practical exercises. This curriculum equips students around the world with a robust set of skills that will enable them to design, plan, execute, evaluate and problem solve their way through their own mosaic projects as well as ignite desire for the enquiry needed in independent practice.
Artopia – Helen Bellino
A rich array of mosaic materials including crystals and minerals, beads, charms, speciality tiles, glass, handmade clay pieces and other treasures.
A range of liquid colourants for adhesive and grout.
A sculpture compound perfect for mosaic substrates and sculptures.
Artopia is a small studio/school and online store that has been serving the Australian mosaic community for over 20 years. Founder and Director, Helen Bellino is well known for her professional standard workshops and her nurturing and encouraging teaching style. She has hand sourced, and handmade a wonderful array of materials for her students and customers to enrich their mosaic stash. Together with her husband, Sebastian (an industrial chemist by profession) she has formulated some unique products that were previously missing in the Australian marketplace, including grout tints and a versatile sculpture medium.
www.artopiaspirit.com
artopiaspirit@gmail.com
Hann Made – Cheryl Hann-Woodlock
Selling and showcasing product Pal Tiya. Selling and demonstrating my ceramic and porcelain flowers and embellishments.
Artist Cheryl Hann-Woodlock established Hann-Made Studio in 1990, which is now based in Ocean Grove, Victoria amongst the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula.
Cheryl studied Fine Art Ceramics at Monash University, Caulfield in the 1980s & has been working in clay, glass and sculpture using these skills within her mosaic art.
Cheryl recently studied sculpture under international artist Kim Beaton, working in PalTiya in America and is now offering workshops for beginners to advance students.
Hann-Made Studio offers classes in:
- MOSAIC: from traditional to Spilimbergo
- CERAMICS: all forms of clay
- SCULPTURE: especially for mosaic application
Cheryl also travels internationally & locally in Australia offering workshops suited to the needs of her students.
Merryl’s Mosaics and Glass Studio – Merryl Sacher
Merryl’s Mosaics and Glass Studio is a mosaic and glass fusing studio situated in Caulfield where people of all ages come and experience the wonderful world of glass art. We run adult and children mosaic and glass fusing classes daily, holiday programs and parties, have mosaic craft for little children, run specialised workshops, do commissions and school projects, and team building workshops, sell glass and occasionally have exhibitions. We also sell a fabulous range of DIY Mosaic and Craft Kits and templates which we deliver. At the Symposium we are showcasing a technique that I have developed which enables mosaicists with basic skills to make a mosaic portrait of a person or animal which will have a strong resemblance, as well as our DIY Mosaic Kits and templates.
Mosaic Bazaar and Smalti Australia – Beate Linckelmann
Italian and Mexican Smalti, pigments, tools, thermaboards
Transform your artistic vision into vibrant master pieces with our high quality exquisite Smalti tiles. Mosaic Bazaar and Smalti Australia specialise in providing the Australian and New Zealand mosaic community with traditional Italian and Mexican Smalti. The vibrant and handcrafted tiles offer a wide range of colours, textures and finishes. Enhance your mosaic journey with essential tools, such as the Montolit and Aluminium Nippers, Hammers and Hardies, Thermaboards and more, all available from our online stores.
www.mosaicbazaar.com.au
www.smaltiaustralia.com
Special Offer! Symposium participants will enjoy an exclusive 10% discount on our entire range of Italian and Mexican Smalti. Don’t miss this chance to bring your artistic vision to life!
Mosaics Mildura – Ruth Geffen
Looking to make those perfect straight narrow strips EVERY time? Your strips can be almost narrower than the height of your glass- yes 3-5mm strips are possible!
Looking to create patterns, squares, triangles or diamonds, this is the tool for you!
Shipping locally from Australia, this Turkish engineered and manufactured tool is a game changer – you will use it and wonder how you created your mosaics without one!
The HasalCam Glass Cutting Board is suitable for beginners and the seasoned glass artist. It has either right or left-hand configuration and is great for cutting glass consistently and accurately again and again. The solid stable base ensures that there is no flex when scoring and offers a way for you to minimise your waste. With accurate purposeful cutting, you can look at your glass and choose the parts you want while smartly preserving the rest.
My 3D Mosaics – Melissa Brazel
We supply 3d printed substrates and accessories for mosaic and stained-glass work.
We have designed
- A cutting box for wheeled nipper glass cutting, and sorting trays.
- Printed jigs for making glass flowers, foiled shapes
Our 3d substrates are safe indoor /or in the garden. Orbs and teardrops can be hung using eyebolts set in to the substrate or placed on a post. We have printed all of these
- Bird/ bee houses
- Seashells, turtles, whale tails, lighthouses.
- Frogs, birds, snails, geckos, butterfly’s and many more!
Even customised chess men for your chess table creation!
We can also customise any existing products to the size you are wanting. We can also create a one-off design. We draw from scratch on CAD and can also scan an existing item using a special camera. Let us help you with your next mosaic creation!