Claire Cotterill
Artist & Designer | Mosaic & Digital Projects
I am a Birmingham-based artist and designer working across mosaic, craft and digital processes to create artist-led projects for public, private and commercial spaces. My work is rooted in making and materials, combining hands-on craft with contemporary and experimental approaches to create thoughtful, site-specific artworks.
I work on projects across the UK, collaborating with clients, architects, designers and commissioning bodies in a wide range of locations.
With a background in fine art and a particular focus on large-scale mosaic installations, my practice sits between art, craft and architecture. I work primarily with glass, ceramic and porcelain tiles, alongside digital and digital-to-physical methods, allowing projects to be realised through handmade, digital or hybrid processes depending on context, scale and intent.
My work is largely artist-led, with opportunities for collaboration, co-design and social engagement considered where they meaningfully support a project. I enjoy working closely with clients to shape ideas together and develop thoughtful, well-crafted outcomes.
Projects are developed with consideration for site conditions, scale and budget, with materials and production methods selected to support durability and long-term use. Where appropriate, digitally produced imagery may be realised on materials such as Dibond (aluminium composite), offering a durable external solution that can provide a more cost-effective alternative to mosaic or water-jet cut porcelain tile.
Alongside commissioned projects, I also produce Giclée fine art digital prints and am developing a range of digitally printed and fired tiles, extending my digital-to-physical practice.
If you have a project in mind — whether at an early idea stage or ready to commission — Please do contact me . I’m always happy to talk through ideas and explore what’s possible!
Latest Project
‘Cornucopia’
So happy to introduce my latest commission, ‘Cornucopia’. This traditional handmade mosaic was commissioned by Chris and Karen Cronin as an addition to their wonderful renovation, passion project at Croome Court. The walled garden is Britain’s largest Georgian walled gardens and originally served the main house as a kitchen garden in the eighteenth century and was amongst the first in the country to grow melons and pineapples at that time. Lovingly restored since 2000, the Cronin’s approached me to create a unique and bespoke mosaic, creating a mosaic garden, as an addition to their developments. Following design consultation, I created a mosaic which celebrates the rich history of the gardens and celebrates the exotic and heritage varieties of fruits and vegetables, which were, are, and will be grown within the […]
Testimonials
You must come and see this magical mosaic!
In 2023, We commissioned Claire to design and install a most unique and prestigious work of art, intended to become a major feature within their 18th Century Walled Garden at Croome Court. The brief was to capture and portray images depicting the exotic and heritage varieties of fruits and vegetables which were, are, and will be grown in future within in their 7-acre Kitchen Garden. Claire accepted the challenge, dedicating the following 8 months of her life to the project. The final pieces were laid in place on the 10th of May 2024 and visitors were queuing at the garden gate the following morning to be amongst the first to see the fruits of her labours.
We are delighted with the results and have thoroughly enjoyed working with Claire throughout the project. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her, and we hope we can tempt her back to expand upon the theme in the future. You must come and see this magical mosaic! Chris & Karen xx
I am blown away by the outcome!
Claire was a dream to work with. She listened to my ideas and brought them to life with her creative talent and flair for design. Claire was open to all of my ideas and really took the time to understand exactly what it was I was looking for. She was easy to communicate with and sent over many different ideas based on our conversations. Claire would listen to my opinions and thoughts and was flexible to merge designs and change colours to match my dream. I am blown away by the outcome; the tiles are beautifully designed, good quality and now a stunning feature of my home. The tiles are always the first thing people mention when they come into the house; I always receive so many compliments on them. I couldn’t be happier with the results.
Beautiful work, great participation and depth of insight
Claire was commissioned as the lead artist on Roundhouse Birmingham’s Community Route’s project; shadowing the creation of local walks and trails with partners and members of the local community, to create new work inspired by the places and histories discovered along those routes, and the personal connections of people to those places.
Working with Claire on a heritage based arts commission was a real pleasure because not only does she bring an artist’s eye, and produces fantastic, intricate work, but she also has a passion for the digging into the historical research and pulling out the finest of details; finding ways to playfully include a huge wealth of content and deep understanding of the subject of the work created.
The project began and ended either side of lockdown, so there were plenty of stops and starts; a backdrop against which Claire continually adapted to find new ways to keep people involved, communicate, and to produce her work.
During lockdown, community participation in the creative aspects of the work was a challenge, but Claire worked with our team to create and distribute a selection of brilliant home collage kits – designing bespoke “how to” booklets for the participants. The results of which were fantastic.
Claire’s work therefore pretty much covered the holy trinity of beautiful work, great participation, and depth of insight. We were extremely pleased to have Claire’s work on display during our opening summer.