A recent trip to see some of the ancient and contemporary mosaics of Israel was made possible through the warm hospitality and open-hearted generosity of a man I scarcely knew and now count as a friend. There are, so I’m told, more than 1,000 ancient mosaics to be seen in …
In search of rare orchids: The Mosaics of Jordan I would hazard a guess that being a lover of ancient mosaics is much like being a bird watcher or a seeker of rare orchids. You read books about them, browse the internet in search of them, communicate with fellow obsessives …
The Nature of Mosaics: A New Theory About What Makes Mosaics Different. I have a new theory about the nature of mosaics. Hold on, stop right there. Don’t flick forward quite so fast. This theory has been bobbing around in the back of my mind for some time and I …
The Pique Assiette House in Chartres, France, was made by Raymond Isidore over a 25-year period starting in the 1930s and evolved into a temple of mosaic creation. The reason I love the Pique Assiette House in Chartres, France, is simple: it’s bonkers. It is a physical manifestation of the …
It’s time to take a look at the tile adhesive method. I have walked you through the direct method using glue, the mosaic mesh method (small and large scale) ,the mosaic fragment method in reverse and now it’s time to take a look at the principles of the tile adhesive method. …
Through neglect, theft, natural disaster, acquisition, iconoclasm, lack of resources or simple ignorance many of the ancient world’s mosaics are gone. This is the story of those lost mosaics. Lost Mosaics _ fragments in the grass The ancient city of Jerash, an hour’s drive from Jordan’s capital, is an …
