This byzantine angel was made by Diploma students between 2018 and 2020. They learned how to work with smalti, a specialist Italian mosaic glass which is cut with the hammer and hardie, a thick chisel piece that is set upside down in a block of wood. The mosaic pieces were laid directly into cement, which is put onto a plastic coated design template from which the dried sections can easily be removed. The pieces are installed one by one into cement like a puzzle.

The film is part of a larger documentary about our school produced by Elliot Kennedy.