BAMM - The British Mosaic Forum



	The British Mosaic Forum Every year BAMM holds its 'British Mosaic Forum' day event. The day consists of a range of mosaic related activities including inspirational speakers, Buckland Books great mosaic bookstall, materials suppliers, networking, demonstrations and the Associations AGM. The next British Mosaic Forum:- Will be in October 2012, we look forward to seeing you there... Details to follow. The British Mosaic Forum 2011 Guest speakers: Jan Wadington on Northern Lights, BAMM Norths regional group Norma Vondee on the mosaics in exhibition 2011 Charles Lutyens on creating the 'Angels of the Heavenly Host' in St Paul's Bow Cyril Potter, Cheif Chemist ARDEX UK, substrates and fixing for mosaic Gary Drostle on 'Fire, flood and volcano - making 'The River of Life' mosaic, Iowa The British Mosaic Forum 2010 Guest speakers: Public Art Mosaic by Alan Potter Pietra Dura (Opus Sectile/Florentine Mosaic) Thomas Greenaway The Micro Mosaics of Saad Romany Mikhaiel The British Mosaic Forum – 2009 About eighty members congregated at the Charity Centre in London on 31st October 2009. The day started with the AGM, conducted by John O'Brien, our departing chairman. Apologies were received, minutes and reports were approved, a new committee duly elected, and auditors and bankers re-appointed. Any other business included a special vote of thanks to John, proposed by Gary Drostle, for all his efforts in bringing BAMM forward and getting us into a sound financial position. We welcomed our new president, Oliver Budd, and Gary Drostle who will be BAMM's new chairman. Business over, we moved into the delights of the day. A splendid array of mosaic supplies was provided by Arendse of VIVA Mosaics, and Chris of Buckland Books was on hand with a tempting supply of reading matter. Our speakers gave us a mix of information and inspiration. Jane Muir, who was a speaker at the inaugural AGM, returned after ten years and spoke of design and inspiration - and of the fact that once the beauty of a piece has been appreciated, a deeper and lasting meaning can be sought from the work. We were delighted that our founding president, Elaine M Goodwin, was there - giving a lively account of a workshop in Egypt that she had been involved in, where the participants made large three-dimensional pieces, some of which were worked on a polystyrene base. Paul Bull entertained us greatly with tales of working with his father, Brian, and the mosaics produced by the Bull family. We also had technical advice on packaging from Richard Ashbridge, ten years of reminiscences in pictures from Bob Field, the raffle and an open debate. Overall an action-packed day to celebrate our anniversary! The Mosaic Packed Day:.. 10am – Registration, coffee, stalls and networking 10.30am – AGM 11.30 – Jane Muir 12.15 – Lunch, stalls and networking 1.15 – Richard Ashbridge – Packing Mosaics for transportation 1.45 – Elaine M Goodwin 2.30 – Coffee, stalls and networking 3.00 – Oliver Budd & Paul Bull on 'The life and works of Brian Bull, master mosaic maker' 3.45 – Robert Field on 10 years of BAMM 4.30 – Raffle and open debate John O'Brien & Gary Drostle Please go to the Members Area - AGM Papers section to see the minutes of last year's AGM and the reports from the Officers of the Association. If You Love Mosaic Art, join BAMM and come along to this great mosaic filled day! We look forward to meeting you there.