A member of the talented Hunkin family (brother Tim, mother Sally). 1989 Joined Emma Biggs at the Mosaic Workshop. 2011 she set up the Hackney Mosaic Project. We were surprised to see on her website a page of mosaic Tyrants: Gaddafi, Putin, Thatcher, etc. Certainly makes a change from birds and animals!
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Tessa Hunkin
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Nathaniel Acton mosaic
{At the centre:} This estate is named after Nathaniel Acton, 1725 - 1795, who...
Other Subjects
Omar Ramsden
Silversmith. Born Sheffield but spent some of his childhood in America. Had studios in Chelsea and then Fulham, with a staff of up to 20. He was a designer and businessman. There's a suggestion...
1 memorial
Sir Ambrose Heal
Furniture designer and retailer. Born at Crouch End. Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art before joining the family firm which ran the Heal & Son department store. He designed the simple, st...
3 memorials
St Dunstan
Born near Glastonbury. Active around 930 - 960. Patron saint of armourers, goldsmiths, locksmiths, and jewellers. His feast day is May 19th.
1 memorial
Eric Gill
Sculptor. Born Brighton. One of thirteen children of a clergyman, he remained religious all his life. Passionate believer in the "carving direct" method. His sculptures would sometimes depict contr...
4 memorials
1 memorial
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John Eliot Howard
Chemist. Born in Plaistow Essex, son of meteorologist Luke Howard. He took an early interest in extracting the anti-malaria drug from the bark of the Cinchona genus of South American tree. He was ...
1 memorial
Falklands War
Died: 649 Argentinians, 255 British, 3 civilian Falkland Islanders.
6 memorials
Coal Hole Tavern
The meeting place of the Wolf Club of which in about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading member. Lawrence Silverman tells us that, later, this was the tavern where Renton Nicholson staged his very rude...
1 memorial
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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