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2019 begins with a bang!

Drostle Public Arts celebrates the new year with a new award to add to the shelf. The Fifth Annual FCI Installation Awards for the category ‘Commercial Tile and Stone’ has named Drostle Public Arts winner for our installation at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, California. The award was given for our recent…

London design talent and British craftsmanship

London Design London is a hothouse for creative talent. It has a world leading rich cultural life and a vibrant arts scene. Born in London, artist Gary Drostle was privileged to attend some of the best art colleges in the capital. Beginning at Camberwell School of Arts where he undertook a three year part-time course…

Drostle Mosaics at The Chelsea Flower Show

Mosaics in Gardens, a perfect partnership: Drostle mosaics at the Chelsea Flower Show. Although still not in common use in gardens, mosaics offer many benefits to the garden designer. They offer the opportunity of introducing year round colour and creating a hardscape surface that is unique to the individual client. Here we look at garden…

Award winning mosaic art and murals

Gary Drostle has been creating site specific award winning mosaic art, public art and murals for nearly thirty years. This growing experience, craft skill and professionalism has been recognised with many awards. Here is a list of the awards received: NEW for 2019 5th Annual FCI AwardsPROJECT: Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital MosaicsWinner in the Commercial…

Gary working on drawings and mosaic plans

In the making: Designing the Iowa River of Life Mosaic – integrating architecture, history and aspiration.

The National Tile Contractors Association (of America) awarded the ‘River of Life Mosaic’ Best Mosaic Installation at it’s annual award ceremony in Las Vegas 2011. The mosaic was commissioned for the University of Iowa’s new sports centre in Iowa City. In this article I look at the process of designing the Iowa River of Life Mosaic….

Gary Drostle mosaic wall gold medal at RHS Chelsea

A Gold medal for the Barcelona inspired garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

May 2017 – RHS announce the Gold Medal winners for this years Chelsea Flower Show 2017 Celebrations are in order for everyone involved in the artisan garden ‘Viking Cruises Garden of Inspiration‘ designed by Sarah Eberle. The garden was awarded the highly prestigious and sought after Gold Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society. RHS award the…

The magic of mosaic fishponds

It began with a blank canvas In 1996 the London Borough of Croydon approached us for small two metre diameter mosaic with a brief that I have never had before “Do what you think will be best”. It was actually one of the hardest briefs I’ve ever faced where to start with a blank canvas? I…

Recreating Paolozzi’s great Tottenham Court Road Mosaics

Recreating Paolozzi’s great Tottenham Court Road Mosaics A look at the recent project to replace and repair the amazing Tottenham Court Road Mosaics designed by Eduardo Paolozzi. The history Opened in 1900, Tottenham Court Road underground station is one of the busiest on the London underground network. In 1980 Eduardo Paolozzi was commissioned to create…

Old image of men working in sewing factory

In the making: The designing of the ‘Entwined Histories’ Sculpture

The 2013 Mosaic Arts International in Tacoma, WA awarded my mosaic sculpture ‘Entwined Histories’ the ‘Best in Show Award’. Here I reveal how the design came about. In 2012 I was shortlisted to design a work which somehow represented or said something about the Leopold Estate in Bow, east London. As with most site specific…

A mosaic for the anniversary of the First World War: The Old Soldier

The Old Soldier – A mosaic for the anniversary of the First World War I wanted to create a work on the theme of war and in particular a mosaic for the anniversary of the First World War, but how to do it? Looking through old archive material and reading some of the many poems which that…