SLUMBER PARTY! My girlfriends and I had a late night audience with the Big Screen in order to witness live coverage of the last vestiges of pomp and circumstance—The Royal Wedding. We sipped warm Horlicks from Wills & Kate commemorative mugs and nodded off during...
I’ll be sharing my studio practice and a behind the scenes look at how mosaics are made at the Legion of Honor this Saturday, April 23rd, in conjunction with the exhibition’s opening day: “Marvelous Menagerie: A Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel”....
CAN YOU GET EXCITED about little stone cubes that are 3000 years old? YES! Greek and Roman mosaics are pavements from ancient architecture, and are among the most durable forms of decorative art to have survived from antiquity. What kind of knowledge did it take to...
A major Roman mosaic is coming to a town near you! It is rare that we get a chance to see such treasures up close and personal on this side of the pond. Mosaics hold a fascinating window into historical and architectural meaning, and understanding life in ancient...
“Without symmetry and proportion there can be no principles in the design of any temple…” ~ Vitruvius, Book III, Chap. 1 Through modern technology, science is peering into the depths of the universe and reconnecting us to our origins. We can now see...
