By Kimberley Mok / Source: TreeHugger

Recycled glass has popped up in things like tiles, countertops and even houses. But of course, it has uses in art too, as Derbyshire, UK-based artist skilfully demonstrates in her stunning mosaics featuring vibrantly coloured glass and mosaic tiles, as well as mixed media pieces that are quite breathtaking.

Originally trained as a florist and a longtime painter and collage artist, Whitlock began to play with mosaics beginning in 2010. She experiments with recycled materials to create one-of-a-kind pieces that are a riot of colour and textures, saying that she uses around 90 to 95 percent recycled materials in her pieces. Much of Whitlock’s creative drive is fed by the diversity and wonder she feels while in nature:

My work is drawn from observation and experience, science and nature, with emphasis on transformation, perception and the subconscious mind. I am fascinated by the meditative state I feel when in the natural world, a loss of self or what science calls the “super-conscious mind’. It appears that in modern society these moments are fleeting. I fear our connection with nature is becoming obscure.

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