“An Explosion of Gulls”
Paddling back to shore along the breakwater, I frightened some Silver Gulls and was delighted to capture them fleeing into the sky.
The energy and chaos of seagulls startled into the air — a great idea for a mosaic to fill an empty space on a house wall.
Seagulls taking flight from the breakwater
The Design
Capturing the energy of the gulls meant combing through my video footage and other photos to find birds in dynamic shapes and compiling these into a composition.
Explosion of Gulls mosaic process
Making
Once I made the framed cement board, I transferred on the design and began fixing down the tessera (cut tiles).
The Finished Work
During the making, I imaged the background as a dynamic vortex and so I took a risk and added the swirling effect.
