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Tessa Hunkin

Categories: Craft / Design

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!

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Tessa Hunkin

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Nathaniel Acton mosaic

{At the centre:} This estate is named after Nathaniel Acton, 1725 - 1795, who...

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William Abeling

William Abeling

Clockmaker, lived and worked Wynyatt Street and in 1820 installed a watchmakers window. From the Keeper of the Clockmakers' Museum at Guildhall: "William Abeling (sic) was not a member of the Wor...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Brian Glen Barnes, MBE

Brian Glen Barnes, MBE

Muralist and community artist.  Created murals around south London for over 45 years. Born Farnborough, Kent.  When he and his wife, Aileen, moved to Battersea they became activists campaigning for...

Person, Art, Craft / Design

7 memorials
William Torel

William Torel

Goldsmith, working in 1291-3.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
David Tootill

David Tootill

Mosaic/ceramic artist, active c. 2005.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial

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William Frederick Woodington, ARA

William Frederick Woodington, ARA

William Frederick Woodington was born on 10 February 1806 at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, the eighth of the ten children of Thomas Woodington (1767-1819) and Elizabeth Woodington née Styan. On 3...

Person, Art, Sculpture

6 memorials
Alexis Soyer

Alexis Soyer

Chef, author of cookbooks, inventor. One of the first celebrity chefs. Born France. Trained in Paris and fled to England during the French Revolution in 1830. Designed, invented and introduced vari...

Person, Food & Drink, France

1 memorial
Gay Liberation Front

Gay Liberation Front

By 1973, GLF had effectively dissipated and had given way to its spin-off organisations.

Group, Gender Issues

2 memorials
Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Stokowski

Musician and conductor. Born in London. Was initially an organist, at St. James' Church, Piccadilly. Married the heiress Gloria Vanderbilt (amongst others), had an affair with Greta Garbo. ...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Atlas Dyeworks

Atlas Dyeworks

The Simpson, etc. plaque commemorates the Dyeworks which were at Victory Place 1859 - 68. This page refers to that site but also refers to the Hackney Dyeworks to which Atlas expanded. The photo sh...

Building, Industry, Science

2 memorials