mosaics

The History of Mosaic Art

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

In its modern form, mosaic means a mixture or montage, a design created by a composite of shapes; but its ancient beginnings are of function and design. Around 3000 B.C., mosaic designs were created with clay cones imbedded, point first, into columns of the Stone Cone Temple in Urak, in Mesopotamia. This ancient cone mosaic [...]

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My European Touch

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Born and raised in Germany, I have been an artist all my life and worked with a lot of different mediums; been a mosaic artist for 9 years now. I specialize in doing mosaics using a style referred to as “Pique Assiette or Tesserae” This process involves transforming vintage china/porcelain plates into artistic designs that [...]

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A Teapot Lamp is Born

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

I found this discarded formerly silver plated teapot at a small shop and it was just begging to be transformed. Fortunately a client had seen my other teapot Lamps at my flickr site…. She fell in love with it and ordered one . I started out cleaning up this teapot, sanded, ruffed it up a [...]

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Featured Artist – Livngoodjewelry by lilesj

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

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In trying to tap the creative gene I feel I must have inherited from my Mom (the painter) I’ve tried several different crafts: knitting, basket weaving, drawing, water color painting, cross stitch & embroidery, quilting, stained glass, mosaics, and more. But none “stuck” until I took my first jewelry making class in 2007. After filling [...]

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mosaics

The History of Mosaic Art

My European Touch

A Teapot Lamp is Born

Featured Artist – Livngoodjewelry by lilesj

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