Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, CA hosted a great class this weekend, and I got to be a lucky student. Sophie Drouin stepped in for scheduled teacher, Bill Buckingham, and they are frequent collaborators and co-authored the book, “Listening to the Rocks:...
Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon becomes abstracted yet again at the mercy of Marietta Ganapin’s hole-punch. Using a mezmerizing mandala form, Ganapin’s labor intensive methods of construction invoke the devotional practice of a monk. She...
In my workshop Mosaics from the Mind’s Eye, we work with confronting the critical inner voice which can be especially sensitive for artists or people undertaking any creative venture. I received a wonderful note from a student recently: “For me, the...
In November 2008, I did artist-at-work demos and taught several mosaic workshops. (see previous posts). It was a fantastic! Over the course of five days, several hundred people came through the Education Court to learn about mosaics, watch me work, ask questions, and...
