My family comes from Tuscany where it is common to find many paintings in people’s homes and an interest for art; so also in my family. My mother has always been interested in decorative arts. She encouraged me to follow…
By Ilona Bryan, a West Midlands Community artist who worked on projects in many mediums before being introduced to Mosaic. Having been invited to write an article for this website, I’ll share how I got “hooked”. I never thought of…
By Kim Larson, a California based artist and graphic designer I began attempting mosaics in 2006 after accidentally discovering a small mosaic school and store near my home. At first, I wanted to simply try my hand at perfecting lay…
Many years ago I bought a garage sale coffee table to refinish and decided that I wanted to mosaic the top. At the time, having never done a mosaic, I had no idea where to begin, no supplies or tools….
Our 4th ARTicle is by Hella Steins. Hella lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and has been making mosaics for more than 12 years now. In 2006 she founded her mosaic company Smashing Stones. Since then she not only…
During my school years I excelled at art, especially design and drawing but career wise I took a different path which led me to office work. I had various office jobs until I unearthed my passion for mosaic at the…
My mother-in-law is an art teacher and twelve years ago I attended her class to learn mosaic and fell in love with two things, my husband and mosaic art! When we moved to Pompeii in Sao Paulo (Brazil), the city…
In general, I don’t do much drawing out of designs before beginning a speculative (as opposed to commissioned*) mosaic. I know my tools and materials well, I’m impatient to get started, and my thoughts move much faster than I can…
What is Pietra Dura? Pietra Dura, commonly known as Florentine Mosaics but sometimes called marquetry in stone, is a highly skilled and little known craft using semi-precious stones, hard stones and marbles to create exquisite and life-like “paintings in stone”….
Since I was young I have had a profound admiration for artisans and often observed my mother using different techniques to create art. I always envied her and felt frustrated at not being able to produce art with the same…
