Maylee Christie
BORN:
Peruvian born British sculptress.
LIVES:
Chandlers Ford, Hampshire
EARLY LIFE:
Maylee Christie brings her extensive and highly varied artistic experiences together with her multicultural background to create a distinctive and innovative sculpturing style that is unique to her and became a successful illustrator and writer of children’s books in Madrid, Spain.
After moving to the UK in 1999, Maylee became involved in the ancient art of Byzantine mosaics at the Mosaics Art School in Ravenna, which lead her to pursue a Masters of Mosaics in Venice with Orsoni.
While working in Italy, Maylee also collaborated with other mosaic artists, renowned innovators and creators of new mosaic styles. ‘Mosaic is my own way of being a child again, playing happily for hours on end with hundreds of different materials in a world of make believe.
EDUCATION:
Maylee studied Graphic Design at La Plata’s Academy of Fine Arts, in Argentina. She also studied at Winchester School of Art and glass casting at the Liquid Glass Centre. She is a member of AICM (Associazione Internazionale Mosaicisti Contemporanei), SAMA (Society of American Mosaic Artists) and BAMM (British Association of Modern Mosaics).
MEDIUMS USED IN WORK:
Stainless steel, Glass, Semi-precious stones and Enamel
SUBJECTS OF WORK:
I like to let my emotions and imagination soar free to create a vision of worlds inside other worlds, telling stories, mixing abstract forms within figurative shapes and thoroughly enjoying the journey’
Maylee Christee sculpture for sale from The Sculpture Park is detailed below:
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AbstractEvolution by Maylee Christie
£3,600 inc VATEvolution by Maylee Christie, Gold, Smalti, Fossils, Turquoises, Glass
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Animals and BirdsLuna Moth Chrysalis by Maylee Christie
£8,640 inc VATMaylee Christie, Luna Moth Chrysalis, Glass and Jewel Mosaic
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CeramicPassion Flower by Maylee Christie
£45,600 inc VATMaylee Christe, Passion Flower, Stainless Steel Glass Mosaic & Enamel