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''''Emma Biggs''' (born 1956) is a London-based [[mosaic]] artist and author of a number of standard textbooks on contemporary mosaic practice. Having recently completed a large public art project — "Made in England" — based on the visual culture and ideology of the pottery industry in [[Stoke-on-Trent]] (in the English midlands), her work has become increasingly concerned with the ceramic industry and its social history. As a fine artist Emma Biggs makes abstract paintings with her husband, [[Matthew Collings]]. The processes, formats and titles of the paintings also relate to her interest in material culture. She has written Mosaic Techniques (Cassell, 2003) and several other books co-authored with Tessa Hunkin, who joined her after she founded the London-based Mosaic Workshop in 1988. Mosaic Workshop have been responsible for a number of high profile commissions including work for some of the chapels in London's Westminster Cathedral. She is a regular tutor of short courses in mosaic art at West Dean College, the study centre of the Edward James Foundation. She also lectures at [[City and Guilds of London Art School]]. ==Books== * Mosaic Techniques, Cassel, 1999 * Stylish and Simple Mosaic, Emma Biggs and Tessa Hunkin, Aurum Press, 1998 * Mosaic Workshop, Emma Biggs & Tessa Hunkin, David & Charles,1999 * Mosaics for the Home and Garden, Emma Biggs and Tessa Hunkin, David & Charles, 2001 * The Complete Book of Mosaics, Emma Biggs and Tessa Hunkin, Reader's Digest Association, 2005 * Mosaic Patterns, Emma Biggs & Tessa Hunkin, New Holland, 2006 * Garden Mosaics, Emma Biggs & Tessa Hunkin, New Holland, 2009 ==External links== *http://www.emmabiggsmosaic.net/ *http://www.emmabiggsandmatthewcollings.net *http://www.thepotteries.org/mosaic/index.htm *http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6207380.stm *http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/big421im.html *http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/london/canary/index.shtml *http://www.westdean.org.uk/index.htm *http://www.westdean.org.uk/site/arts/gallery/mosaic/emma-biggs.htm *http://www.mosaicworkshop.com/ {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Biggs, Emma | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British artist | DATE OF BIRTH = 1956 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Biggs, Emma}} [[Category:English artists]] [[Category:Mosaic artists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:English contemporary artists]] [[Category:British contemporary artists]] {{UK-artist-stub}} {{Cranbrook}}'