Rosalind Wates  M O S A I C S
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      • Dunhurst School, Bedales
      • Egremont 'Crab Fair'
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      • Newton-in-Furness School
      • Oxted Railway Station
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      • Ulverston Victoria High School
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ROSALIND WATES

Rosalind Wates is an artist who specialises in mosaic. She works mainly to commission: for private clients, public bodies, arts organisations, and schools and communities.

Projects range from small exhibition pieces to larger work: mosaic floors, swimming pools, and mosaic sculptures for public areas. She uses glass, ceramic, marble, slate, gold and natural stone and often employs a workforce on larger projects.

Although versed in traditional mosaic techniques, Rosalind constantly explores the creative possibilities of the medium to produce new work, travelling around Britain and abroad. During her career she has written for magazines, given lectures, taken part in television and radio programmes, and produced a book on mosaic design.

Brought up in the English Lake District, Rosalind attended Bedales School in Hampshire and went on to study Decorative Arts in London before specialising in the art of mosaic. Since then she has carried out a wide range of mosaic projects. As well as the various town centres up and down Britain that play host to her work, her clients include Michael and Shakira Caine, Jeremy Irons, Cameron Mackintosh, and Lloyds Bank.

Being able to pass on her passion for mosaics through teaching is important to Rosalind; she runs courses at Phoenix Studio in Oxfordshire and annually on the Greek Island of Skyros.

Rosalind’s work has been influenced by the natural world she finds herself in, sometimes employing found materials to create mosaics. The other strong influence is the work of her uncle, the late artist Patrick Heron. Brought up surrounded by his abstract expressionist paintings, colour has always played an important role in her work.

In the early 2000s, Rosalind lived in the Auvergne in France for four years, where she continued working, eventually giving mosaic workshops in French. She is currently based in Buckinghamshire, England.



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  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Artist Residences >
      • North Uist Fish
      • Lancaster Flying Carpet Mosaic
      • The Grizedale Mosaic
      • Atsitsa Ship Of Life Triptych
    • Public Commissions >
      • Essex Skipper Butterfly Sculpture, Colchester
      • Wokingham Methodist Church Fish
      • The Wokingham Mosaics
      • Warneford Hospital Sculpture, Oxford
      • Crediton Public Swimming Pool, Devon
      • Highfield Mosaic Panels, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
      • Benbecula Pebble Circles, Outer Hebrides
      • Cadzow Glen Mosaic
      • Coventry Canal Basin Mosaic Map
      • Petersfield Town Map, Hampshire
      • Workington Town Centre Mosaic, Cumbria
      • Tavistock School Timeline, Devon
    • Private Commissions >
      • Mosaic Floors, Belgravia
      • Octopus Bathroom Floor
      • Chelsea W.C.
      • Moon & Stars Swimming Pool
      • Tiled Swimming Pool Surround
      • Dionysus
      • Pheasant Doorstep, Keeper's Cottage
      • Goose Pathway
      • Betty Boop Bathroom Floor
      • Fountain Pool, St. Peter’s Church, Burnham
    • Gallery Work
    • Schools & Communities >
      • View Mosaic, The Blencathra Centre, Keswick
      • Dunhurst School, Bedales
      • Egremont 'Crab Fair'
      • Highgate Pre-Prep School
      • Newton-in-Furness School
      • Oxted Railway Station
      • Tebay Primary School
      • Ulverston Victoria High School
  • Mosaic Courses
    • General Information
    • Phoenix Studio
    • Atsitsa on the Isle of Skyros, Greece
    • Missenden Abbey
    • Henley on Thames School of Art
    • Denman College
    • Ardington School of Crafts
  • About
    • Biography
    • Artist's Statement
    • Book
    • Poems
  • Contact & Links
  • Transient Mosaics
  • Mosaic Courses