Reading Time: 5 minutes Arizona-based mosaicist Dee Ruff’s art brings together color, texture, space and light, to convey her love of the natural world. Here, Rhona Duffy asks Dee to give us a glimpse into her art and what drives it.
Author Archives: Rhona Duffy
Meditation in motion
Reading Time: 10 minutes For Australian mosaicist Jaky Pinnock, creating mosaics is like meditation in motion. She uses distinctive flow lines and vibrant glass to depict wildlife and oceanic themes in her mosaics. Here, Rhona Duffy catches up with her to find out about her techniques, inspiration and plans for the future.
Talking to Birds
Reading Time: 11 minutes Helga Maribel Sanchez found her way to The Ruins Project by making three tiny filati-filled rings. And then ten more rings. She became utterly obsessed with the act of pulling filati for the little circles of The Ring Wall at The Ruins, writes Rachel Sager.
African Homestead
Reading Time: 3 minutes African Homestead hangs at Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Created by Kenyan artist Avni Shah with help from her local community, and under the tuteledge of mosaicist Jim Anderson, it depicts an African village scene. Avni writes about its creation.
Fabulous fusion
Reading Time: 13 minutes Fused glass is the heat bonding of separate pieces of glass in a kiln – a technique believed to be over 4,000 years old. More accessible than hot glass, there are hundreds of ways an artist can create diverse pieces using this method. Small wonder that it has become so popular. Catherine Rose meets two experts. (This article is also narrated by Catherine.)
Wanderlust
Reading Time: 8 minutes Virginia-based Bonnie Fitzgerald has been dedicated to creating and teaching mosaics since the mid 2000s. The concept of ‘wanderlust’ perfectly describes her artistic journey and she writes about it all here.
Call for artists: International mosaic exhibition
Reading Time: < 1 minute DOMO e.V., the German Organisation for Mosaic Art, is inviting artists to participate in its upcoming international juried mosaic exhibition.
Hanging by a Thread exhibitions underway: Mosaics for Afghan women
Reading Time: 6 minutes Exhibitions as part of the Hanging by a Thread project are taking place across the world. The project aims to raise awareness of the plight of Afghan women and girls, and involves over 1,200 experienced and amateur mosaic artists from 46 countries. Each artist has made a small segment of glass mosaic, which is being joined togetherContinue reading “Hanging by a Thread exhibitions underway: Mosaics for Afghan women”
Art with the community at its heart
Reading Time: 7 minutes WRITTEN & NARRATED BY RHONA DUFFY
London-based artist Maud Milton specialises in creating street art in mosaics, often including ceramic tiles handmade by local communities. Here, Rhona Duffy talks to her about some of her projects, and the challenges and successes that come with her work.
Artist profile: Mónica Ojeda Cerón
Reading Time: 3 minutes BY MÓNICA OJEDA CERÓN
In a bonus feature for the website version of Issue 4, Chilean artist Mónica Ojeda Cerón writes an introduction about her life as a mosaicist.
Artist profile: Olena Prykhodko
Reading Time: 5 minutes BY MATT A HANSON
In a bonus feature for website readers of Issue 4, Matt Hanson profiles Ukrainian artist Olena Prykhodkor.
Ads & discount codes (Issue 4)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Check out all our advertisers in Issue 4, who offer a range of brilliant services and products for mosaic and glass artists…
Symbolism in glass jewellery
Reading Time: 8 minutes WRITTEN & NARRATED BY CATHERINE ROSE
Symbolism has always been integral to human culture. Often much more than just a pretty trinket, jewellery can inform us about the wearer, whether it be through a wedding ring or a good luck talisman, writes Catherine Rose who also narrates her feature.
Seven questions for … Dianne & Kala
Reading Time: 9 minutes BY RHONA DUFFY
Dianne and Houcine Chikhaoui create distinctive mosaics using their ‘D&H’ realism technique. They first established a friendship among other mosaic artists on social media in 2014 and discovered they had many things in common. Rhona Duffy asks them about their journey, mosaic technique and working together.
One to watch: Meet Victoria Diggle
Reading Time: 4 minutes Victoria Diggle’s love of mosaic goes back many years, but it was only in 2021 that she was able to devote more time to it and study for a year-long diploma at the London School of Mosaic. Victoria has also recently taken over Mosaic Workshop (the formerly London-based supplier) and is running online sales from her home in Bedfordshire.
The mosaic school teaching resistance and innovation for a century
Reading Time: 6 minutes WRITTEN & NARRATED BY REBECCA ANN HUGHES
For 100 years, the Mosaic School of Friuli has taught its students how to continue creating an art that originated millennia ago. Rebecca Ann Hughes talks to the school and its alumni about how the institution is working to adapt and evolve in the modern world. Rebecca also narrates the feature.