Category Archives: FEATURE

Reading Time: 9 minutes Joanna Kessel unearths the inspiration at the core of Dugald MacInnes’s minimalistic slate artworks.

Reading Time: 9 minutes Founder of the London School of Mosaic (LSoM) David Tootill long believed there was an opportunity to install a significant piece of mosaic art at London Bridge. Now his dream is finally becoming a reality. Catherine Rose explores.

Reading Time: 11 minutes Venezuela-born mosaicist Anabella Wewer has recently embraced the life of a nomad, working from wherever she is in the world, drawing inspiration from different cultures and geographies. Rhona Duffy talks to Anabella about her travels and how she finds the right balance between her work as a graphic designer, travelling and mosaic.

Reading Time: 10 minutes Creativity is Italian mosaicist Dino Maccini’s way to communicate; his way to escape the norms of a uniform society. Dino talks to Anabella Wewer about how he has used mosaic to reinvent his life.

Reading Time: 9 minutes At the end of November 2022, Zhanna Kadyrova, one of Ukraine’s leading contemporary artists, prepared to enter the eye of the storm as she traveled home to Kyiv. In a shelled landscape, void of utilities in the frigid weather, she reached for her phone. The call was about her art, particularly a project that she started in 2013 called Monumental Propaganda, writes Matt Hanson.

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.)

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.

Reading Time: 8 minutes 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.

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.

Reading Time: 6 minutes BY MATT A HANSON
Matt Hanson writes about mosaics, jewelry and the ancient world, inspired by his trips to the Great Palace Mosaics Museum and the Archaeology Museum in Istanbul.

Reading Time: 11 minutes WRITTEN & NARRATED BY CHRISTINA ELIA
Christina Elia explores the history of micro mosaics and talks to Margo Anton and Corinna Butler about the art of creating micro mosaic and glass jewelry. Christina also narrates her feature.

Reading Time: 7 minutes In Ukraine, the art of mosaics has lived at least two lives at the heart of the nation’s proud, resilient identity. In the Soviet era, government propagandists saw an opportunity to assimilate its Byzantine past into their ultramodernist vision for the creative, industrious masses, writes Matt Hanson.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Matt Hanson explores the history and cultural value of Istanbul’s apartment mosaics.

Reading Time: 9 minutes Christina Elia talks to gallery owners about the mutual benefits of nurturing a strong relationship and secures some insights for artists considering approaching a gallery. Christina talks to Velvet Easel gallery owner Jane Grant, Vessel Gallery founder Angel Monzon and glass artist Bethany Wood, one of the artists represented by Vessel Gallery.

Reading Time: 9 minutes Rebecca Ann Hughes talks to CaCO3 about their business collaboration and art ethos. Rebecca also narrates her feature.

Reading Time: 10 minutes Angela Neustatter asks Catrin Jones and Milly Frances how it’s done. Angela also narrates her article.