Mosaic Murals for Cocobel Chocolate Company

Mosaic Murals for Cocobel Chocolate Company

Cocobel makes the most delicious chocolate with our world famous Trinidad cocoa. Isabel, creator of Cocobel offered me a commission to bring the forest into the shop. I started making the mosaic murals in 2019 and we installed the fourth one, Monstera in 2022. I used...
Restoring a Tapia (Mud) Wall

Restoring a Tapia (Mud) Wall

In Trinidad years ago people would build houses with a wooden frame and then construct the walls with clay and straw in the method of “wattle and daub” or tapia, as it is know locally. I have always wanted to learn this art and the opportunity recently came along to...
Exploding Pots

Exploding Pots

In the Time of Covid I found myself looking around for something new to challenge me. I had imported some St. Thomas Body stoneware clay a few years before. Deonarine very kindly threw these pots for me as they were too big for me to handle. The last thing he said...
Fish Abundance Mosaic

Fish Abundance Mosaic

The Central Bank Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago recently acquired  my favourite piece of work, “Fish Abundance”, for their permanent collection. The pieces are made of locally dug terra cotta clay, glazed and fired and assembled to form the mosaic. Size...