How does one put a value on works made by hand? The SLOW ART of mosaic is a complex process – designing the pattern, choosing material, cutting units of tesserae that are congruent in size to the geometry and scale of the pattern, placing and setting each...
In wonderful synchronicity to the previous post, (Stone Soul Places), enjoy this fascinating audio story about the Portland quarries of Dorset, UK. It was produced through the radio consortium In The Dark’s Sound Bank Grant Scheme, where young broadcasters are...
The history of the caquinhos floors of paulistas house from fellow blogger eleganciadascoisas The house my mom has the porch floor mosaic made with this like so many other houses of São Paulo 40/50. I love floor caquinhos red ceramic speckled black and yellow...
You may remember Tessa Hunkin and the Mosaic Makers of Hoxton (London) from my post on the Shepherdess Walk, (Ba Ram Ewe Sheep in the City). Well, they’ve been busy and have a new circus themed mural “Hoxton Varieties” and it’s right around the...
After 12 years in limbo, the reinstallation of “Brotherhood of Man” a 1968 mosaic mural by artist Anthony Stellon is now re-located at Franklin Square Park (16th & Bryant Streets) in San Francisco, California. The mural’s original site was the...
