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Popup mosaic school – few places left!
You haven’t signed up yet? Get one of the last places to learn more about andamenti, cutting and using different materials and colors in making mosaics!
Saggio finale: Phoenix rising
After cutting the lava stone into chopsticks, cubes and halves, I finally found the form I liked for my final mosaic work of second year.
Mosaic portrait finished!
It really feels like magic when tesserae made of stone begin to form the eyes, the nose, the mouth, and finally the face gets its shape.
3 years anniversary
Thank you for 3 years of reading, commenting and sharing articles, for your feedback and for your ideas!
Final weeks in Spilimbergo
We have been choosing and preparing materials, creating work samples, testing the overall effect: the final mosaic work of the second year is approaching!
A portrait made of marble
Creating a portrait with marble is surely the most fascinating thing I have been doing until now here at the mosaic school in Spilimbergo.
Hangs like hell!
Finally, our Byzantine group work was hung and of course we have posed proudly for a photo.
Can you smell the spring?
One of the most beautiful projects so far at school due to its simplicity and experimental approach: the Ikebana interpreted by us in mosaic.
Popup mosaic school in Germany: Sign up now!
Along with the wonderful Ruth Minola Scheibler, I offer two workshops on andamenti and color theory in September in Cologne, Germany!
From interview to installation: With Nicole Zäch in Geneva
Nearly 150 square meters of iridescent, matte and transparent pieces of glass with names like Ginger, Apple and Avocado are installed by us here in Geneva.
Inspired by Ikebana: 3D mosaic
The Japanese art of flower arranging serves as inspiration for a 3D mosaic that incorporates foreign objects.
Combining direct + indirect method: the trick with the dough
A nice trick to work precisely when combing direct and indirect method without too much effort of preparation is to use a template made out of dough.
Mucha meets Facchina 2.0
Our approach to modern mosaics is an interpretation of Mucha’s ‘Pole Star’.
Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year
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