Contemporary Mosaic Art

For mosaic artists interested in sharing information, photos, tips & techniques

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Blog Posts

Pam Givens

About Blogs?

One of the ways to get attention on the internet is to have an active blog. This drives your name, url, etc to the top of the search lists...so if you have a lot of people commenting on your blog it creates action, and that creates more interest in you in your work and possibly more sales.

So I created the group here on this site so that we could do that for each other. Go to each others blogs and leave comments. That will help you and the person who's blog you are commenting on and you will se… Continue

Posted by Pam Givens on November 17, 2009 at 6:30pm

Pam Givens

Do you live in Northern Calif? Join us for Lunch!

Mosaic Artist from the Northern California area will be meeting to share lunch and mosaics in Davis California.

We'll be gathering on November 22, Sunday, at Village Pizza at 12 noon on Saturday. Please join us if you are available and RSVP Pam Givens so that I can give the pizza place a good count.

The reservation is in Mikaela Huntzinger's name

Hope to see you there.
Pam

The address is 403 G Street, Davis, CA 95616-4121, and the phone number is 530-750-0100.… Continue

Posted by Pam Givens on November 13, 2009 at 9:11pm

Irit Levy

New post - Blue Light

http://iritlevyart.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/blue-light/
Featuring works by Sue Coombs, Kathy Thaden and Britta Kuth

Posted by Irit Levy on November 13, 2009 at 11:18am

Pam Givens

Posting Photos in the Gallery

A couple of reminders:

*Please don't post any personal photos, family, food, parties etc. only your mosaics
*We have almost 11,500 photos in the gallery and they take up a huge amount of bandwidth
*Increased bandwidth costs money

**When you upload your photos add - size, material, title, story if there is one and tag words
**Upload no more than 4 shots of the same mosaic if you already have a number of photos of the same pieces with comments don't delete those because the comments will go t
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Posted by Pam Givens on November 13, 2009 at 10:00am

Gila Rayberg

Mosaic Artists of the Gulf Coast

Mosaic Artists of the Gulf Coasts group, meeting Thursday, November 12th at 10 a.m

We will meet at Malbis Plantation Greek Orthodox Church for a tour (followed by lunch). This church has beautiful mosaics designed and prepared by Tonelli Fine Art Studios of Chicago.

This group is still in it's organization stage with hopes for future workshops, exhibitions, projects, and site-seeing trips. Please pass the word along to mosaic artists living in or around Pensacola/Mobile/ Baldwin County

If you… Continue

Posted by Gila Rayberg on November 11, 2009 at 8:31am

 

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Past Artists in Spotlight

In addition to our current Artist Spotlight there have been 28 other members of this site that you might want to get to know a bit better. You will find their interviews by clicking the Artist Spotlight tab and searching the pages. Enjoy

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Irit Levy

What unusual things do you like to do? What do you hate? 42 Replies

What unusual things, which are not related to mosaic and art, do you like to do, and what are those that you really don't like? Me - on the like side - I like math, I like finding proof-reading mi...

Started by Irit Levy in Topics that are of interest to all members..... Last reply by Francesca De 5 hours ago.

Irit Levy

Where would you be without the internet? 13 Replies

The internet is such a great tool, especially for artists. The internet breaks the boundaries of our studio walls, makes our daily work less lonely. I am trying to imagine my mosaic art without the...

Tagged: internet

Started by Irit Levy in Topics that are of interest to all members..... Last reply by John Sollinger 8 hours ago.

Irit Levy

Men and women - looks like we are not equal after all... 31 Replies

I can clearly see differences between the works of men mosaic artists and works of women artists. Do you feel/see the same?

Tagged: style, women, men

Started by Irit Levy in Art Talk--. Last reply by Jean Pierre Dromard 1 day ago.

John Sollinger

Why are so many mosaicists new to the scene? 16 Replies

As I view the personal pages of many members of this social group, most (or so it seems) have only been constructing mosaics for 2-4 years. In part, this is because there are some very young practi...

Tagged: novelty, artists

Started by John Sollinger in Art Talk--. Last reply by John Sollinger 1 day ago.

John Sollinger

What is a mosaic, anyway? 21 Replies

I posted two sand paintings, expecting someone to say that it was too peripheral. So, why don't stained glass window and window treatment makers more common on this site? Surely, they arrange fragm...

Started by John Sollinger in Art Talk--. Last reply by Ora Nov 18.

Jacqueline Iskander

Bringing this topic up again "Why Do Good Photos Matter?" 40 Replies

And what makes a "good" photo of a mosaic? This may seem like a no-brainer, right? If it were such a "no-brainer" we would not see good mosaics photographed poorly, would we? But we do! And not jus...

Tagged: art, mosaic, photographing

Started by Jacqueline Iskander in Art Talk--. Last reply by Joshua Lowell Nov 16.

Irit Levy

Mosaic and responsibilities 58 Replies

As I see it, the main issue in Karen last discussion was the mosaicists' responsibilities. I personally feel that I have responsibility to my own little art, I have to do it as good as I can, art-...

Tagged: responsibilities

Started by Irit Levy in Art Talk--. Last reply by Sonia King Nov 15.

Laura Pattison

What is beauty 3 Replies

Did anyone see the BBC 2 program last night ...What is Beauty http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8357 did you think? One brilliant quote...Mosaic used to be what paintings become....

Started by Laura Pattison in Art Talk--. Last reply by Sonia King Nov 15.

julee latimer

PORTFOLIO SIZES 4 Replies

Hello everyone, I have just finished the lengthy process of finally getting professional photos done of my mosaic pieces. I am thrilled with the results and want to create a new (stunning) portfoli...

Started by julee latimer in Topics that are of interest to all members..... Last reply by oguzhan Nov 15.

Irit Levy

The hardest part 12 Replies

What do you find the hardest part for you when you mosaic? I always find it difficult with the last 3-4 tiles. I don't know if it is because I am then too anxious to finish the piece but honestly i...

Tagged: process

Started by Irit Levy in Topics that are of interest to all members..... Last reply by Irit Levy Nov 13.

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