hughes studio
​local tutors

Director - Caitlin Hughes
Blue Mountains, NSW
Caitlin Hughes has a BFA from NAS and a MTeach in VA from USYD. Caitlin has over 16 years experience teaching in schools, museum and galleries around NSW.  Read more about Caitlin's Qualifications or visit her webpage.
www.caitlinhughesmosaics.com.au

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Sophie Haythornthwaite
Painting Tutor
Blue Mountains, NSW
Sophie Haythornthwaite trained in Florence, Italy at Charles H Cecil Studios. She grinds her own pigments and prepares her own canvases, mediums and varnishes using traditional methods and recipes, and paints using the traditional methods and materials of the Italian, French and Dutch painters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. To see read more about Sophie visit her website at www.sophiehaythornthwaite.com.au

Haylea Bridle
Cartooning Tutor
​Blue Mountains, NSW

​Haylea Bridle is a freelance designer and illustrator. She studied at Nepean Arts and Design Centre & Design Centre Enmore TAFE, graduating with Ad Dip in Design and Illustration. She has worked on such publications as The Giggle and Hoot series, Bananas in Pyjamas series, The Playschool series, Wombat Goes to School, Gum Nut Babies by May Gibbs. 

Tutor - Vicky Bush
Blue Mountains,NSW
​Vicky Bush is an emerging mosaic artist who works predominantly with smalti and natural stone. She has recently participated in mosaic classes in Italy in Spilimbergo and Ravenna at Koko Mosaico. Vicky has received a number of awards for her textural mosaic works in local and state exhibitions.

Tutor - Saskia Kremer
Blue Mountains, NSW
Saskia Kremer is a contemporary artist working with natural stone and smalti glass. Her current creative practice revolves primarily around monochromatic semi-abstract figurative arrangements. She is full-time artist and is completing a Master of Art at UNSW.
www.saskiakremer.com

Tutor - Cindy Topic
​Blue Mountains, NSW
Cindy is a designer and creator with Bachelor of Design from UNSW. Cindy has received a number of awards for her mosaic work and is particuarly interested in creating relief and sculptural pieces. Cindy also works as a mosaic assistant on commissions and large scale projects.

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 HUGHES STUDIO
​guest TUTORS
Bringing the best to the blue mountains

The following tutors have been invited to teach workshops at Hughes Studio.

Tutor - Erin Pankratz
Alberta, Canada
Erin Pankratz has built a unique body of work that intertwines mosaic, drawing, weaving, and painting. Her work has been exhibited in Italy, France, Japan, Argentina, USA, and is in private collections in Canada, USA, Argentina, Brazil, and Italy. In 2011 she created a large mosaic mural for the Edmonton International Airport and is currently fabricating a large work  for the Edmonton light rail transit expansion.
​ www.erinpankratz.com

Tutor - Cetta Pilati
Melbourne, VIC
Cetta Pilati works predominantly in marble mosaic exploring a fusion of traditional technique and timeless contemporary design with a key focus on the quiet forgotten simplicity and tradition of ancient approaches to art. Cetta has Bachelor of Fine Arts (Majoring in Sculpture) from RMIT University.
www.cetta-pilati.com.au

Tutor - Pamela Irving
Melbourne, VIC
Pamela Irving has worked as a full time artist for over 30 years.  She works across media to create mosaics, sculptures, paintings drawings and large scale public works. Pamela’s works are represented in public and private collections nationally and internationally including the Museum of Art Ravenna.
www.pamelairving.com.au

Tutor - Marian Shapiro
Blue Mountains, NSW
Award-winning artist, Marian Shapiro is a sought after teacher in Australia and abroad.  Her work has appeared in many mosaic publications and is shown and collected both nationally and internationally. ​
www.dariandesign.com.au

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Tutor - Kelley Knickerbocker
Seattle, USA
​Kelley is well known for her unique and inventive take on mosaic andamento. She brings a thorough and organised approach to her refreshing 'out of the square' teaching which she shares with students around the globe.
www.rivenworksmosaics.com

Tutor - Helen Bodycomb
Castlemaine, Victoria
Helen Bodycomb is  a leading teacher of technique-based mosaics in Australia and abroad, She  is currently completing a PhD at La Trobe University. Previously Helen was an artist-in-residence at La Scuola di Mosaicisti del Friuli, in Spilimbergo Italy, mentored by Maestro Giulio Candussio. 
www.helenbodycomb.com
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Tutor - Wendy Edwards
​Hobart, Tasmania
Wendy is renowned for her large bird sculptures
and gained recognition through being granted over fifteen public art commissions through the Tasmanian Art in Public Places Scheme and the Hobart City Council.
www.wendyedwards.net.au

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Tutor - Rachel Bremner
Hobart, Tasmania
Award winning artist Rachel studied in Italy at the Ravenna Mosaic School with Luciana Notturni and in the US at the Chicago Mosaic School with Paris-based mosaic master Verdiano Marzi. www.rachelbremner.com 

Tutor - Liz Perfect
Blue Mountains NSW
Liz studied (BAHons) in Painting and Printmaking at the Central School of Art in London, going on to win post-graduate scholarships to paint and print in Italy.  In 2015 Liz graduated with a Master of Art in Printmaking at UNSW Art & Design.
​www.lizperfect.com

Tutor - Margo Anton
​Canada
Margo Anton has been working as a professional mosaic artist for over a decade, creating fine art mosaics, mosaic jewellery, exhibiting and teaching classes around the globe.  www.margoanton.com.