Monica Rocuant

Monica Rocuant is a self taught mixed media artist working with discarded tiles, old china, found objects and natures fibres. She loves texture and layers when creating mosaics, collages and contemporary baskets. Monica a garden enthusiast has always loved bringing colour and interest to her garden and that’s how she became involved with mosaics. She has been creating mosaic art for 15 years bringing joy and colour to her own garden. Her interest has further developed into collecting and experimenting with plant fibres bringing some of nature’s beauty indoors by creating natural loose weaved baskets and vessels that hold space and interest in the home. The garden and nature gives her inspiration. The forgotten, the weathered and the discarded objects appeal to her creativity. She gives unwanted objects a second life through adornment and creating something unique is vital to her practice. After qualifying and working in many different fields in her career from Laboratory technician, Childcare Educator and later Lifestyle Co-ordinator in Age care, she developed her interest in experimentation and creativity exploring how gardens and art can play an important role in all stages of life. Monica now brings colour and interest to others gardens and homes through the sale of her designer baskets and mosaic art.

Monica draws inspiration from her garden and nature. Things that are old, weathered or discarded appeals to her creativity. Each project starts with drawings in her journal and mapped out to describe what she intends to create. Materials required to do the project is sourced. When she is creating a mosaic, tessera, glues, substrate and grout are sourced depending on what the client wants done. Natural fibres are collected from her garden or the bush and then dried when creating her basketry designs. Monica likes to explore and experiment with different types of material and techniques to continue to further develop her artistic work.