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Master of Horse - Installed at The Ruins!

10/3/2020

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Rachel wasted no time in getting my portrait of John Moskal, Master of Horse on the wall of The Ruins.  It's the first mosaic to be installed in this room, now dubbed The Stable.  Follow the project to see how this important aspect of the mining story develops with additional workhorses, mules and such. 
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Unpacking the pieces, 7 in total.  The torso & portrait were the first to go up.
& here we see the the final piece being put in place!
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Tada - Master of Horse complete!
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Read about & see more on the backstory of this mosaic's origin & creation here.
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Our Beloved Mascot, Poldo!

10/11/2019

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I caught my first glimpse of Poldo, at the top of the hill, in the small town of Ploaghe, where I enjoyed my morning cappuccino each day.  
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Soon, he began showing up to the ex-convent where we, the artists of the 3rd Contemporary Mosaic Art Symposium, Ploaghe worked.   He quickly become a constant companion to all.  ​
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Sometimes Poldo didn't want to go home,  and had to be carried out of the building at the end of the day!
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He even followed us around town, joining us for drinks!

Thus, the inspiration behind my latest portrait . . .
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​The large chunky pieces in the background, are sea polished tiles, collected on an unforgettably glorious day with my mosaic companions, on this, Sardinia beach.  Each one connected to the other by a golden glass thread.
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The heart, is a play on the symposium logo, seen in the center of this sign.
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Our Beloved Mascot, Poldo
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New Portrait - Reverse Engineered Substrate

9/23/2019

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For my latest portrait, I used a method I learned last year at the Mosaic School in Spilembergo Italy.  

My reference was an original drawing, I  did earlier this year for Julia Kay's Portrait Party,  in graphite, water soluble ink pencils, and a touch of white acrylic paint.   

I began by enlarging and printing the image onto six 8.5x11 sheets of paper.  The image was then covered by clear plastic, allowing me to see the image as I adhered my tesserae (pieces), with a polymer modified mortar, directly onto the plastic.

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My materials were a variety of colorful Italian & Mexican smalti, including some luscious large riven chunks which I love, dishes, and slate.
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Once I finished laying all the tesserae, the real experimentation began.  Flipping the work & reverse engineering a hangable substrate.  Here's a time lapse of that process....
& Tada! 
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​I wanted to go BIG, and this portrait is indeed, the largest mosaic portrait, of just a face, I've created to date.
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    With precision and spontaneity, I strive to create texture and movement; something you want to reach out and touch!
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