Fehmi Gökeş

While at school in Turkey I enjoyed art lessons enormously. Discovering for the first time the joy of colour, shape and what I could do with them is still with me.

Not knowing I had a talent for art I came to England in 1992 and by chance my wife, who is also and artist, and my mother-in-law saw what was in me and encouraged me to make greetings cards. It didn’t take long to discover that my way of expressing myself is through mosaics.

Since 1996 I’ve been making mosaics by experimenting with different techniques and materials. I have developed a style which is unusual and unique to the mosaic world.  I like to make mosaics in relief rather than flat, and the grout is an integral part of each piece not just to fill in the gaps. I like combining a variety of mosaic materials and less traditional ones such as wood.

I had a shop in Hastings for 5 years, which was also my studio. Talking with people who were enthusiastic about my work was rewarding and getting commissions, which I have had from all over the world, is proof of their enthusiasm.

I moved to Norfolk 3 years ago and now I work from home on commissions whilst continuing to explore the possibilities of new techniques through my own work.