For mosaic freaks only! KOKO-JU: a mosaic course and tour – Kokomosaico – Ravenna, Italy

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For mosaic freaks only!

Come join us in Italy for two weeks of full immersion in mosaics.

This stimulating mix of hands-on followed by a week of touring the best mosaic sites and studios in Northern Italy will leave you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of both traditional mosaics and contemporary mosaic expression.

Your hosts, teachers and guides are Arianna Gallo,

Luca Barberini and Stephanie Jurs.

We’ll all meet up Sunday evening in Ravenna for a welcome aperitivo and a delicious dinner of local specialities.

kokostudio - ari kokomosaico

The first five days are spent at Kokomosaico, learning the traditional methods used for both Roman and Byzantine mosaics.

koko staff – arianna, luca & takoko - ari kokomosaico

After an introduction to the history of mosaics and a visit to Ravenna’s world-famous monuments, you’ll make two mosaics of your own under the expert tutelage of Arianna and Luca.

cutting marble – ari kokomosaico

You’ll learn to cut marble

taglio - ari kokomosaico

and glass into tiny tessere,

LABORATORIO – SCUOLA KOKO MOSAICO RAVENNA - ari kokomosaico

and using the double reverse method

rosone di Galla Placidia - ari kokomosaico

you’ll make a copy of a fragment of an ancient mosaic.

koko mosaic class - ari kokomosaico

Next you’ll design your own mosaic pattern and create it using the direct method. Both pieces will be finished by the end of the week and you can take with, or ship them home. (For advanced mosaicists, other workshop topics available.)

Stephanie ed io in Turchia - ari kokomosaico

Then in the company of Arianna and Stephanie, an American mosaicist who has been living in Ravenna for over ten years, you’ll begin a week-long tour of some of the finest mosaic sites northern Italy has to offer.

Galla Placidia Mausoleum – Byzantine Mosaics – Ravenna, Italy « Mosaic Art Source

In Ravenna itself and nearby we find mosaics ranging from the first century AD,

panchina detail - ari kokomosaico

through the naive and soulful medieval mosaics, right up to present-day expression.

Pomposa – mpuppett1

On Sunday we take off for Pomposa, with the remains of the 11th century Benedictine monastery whose church floor writhes with mosaic animals.

school of mosaic in spilimbergo – pavleeek

During the week we visit Spilimbergo, home to a lively community of mosaicists whose mosaic philosophy differs sharply from that of Ravenna’s;

Aquileia: biggest paleochristian mosaic surviving – andreiopop

Aquileia, northern Italy’s most important archeological site with a Basilica literally carpeted with early Christian mosaics;

Duomo di San Marco – fotopusch

and Venice, where we’ll span the centuries admiring the mosaics of St Mark’s,

Scan: apse mosaic Torcello Cathedral – James Macdonald

the 11th century mosaics on the island of Torcello,

orsoni smalti library – andrea sterling

and the splendour of the Orsoni glass and gold factory.

For more course information and details – KOKO-JU: a mosaic course and tour – Kokomosaico

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Lion on mosaic – san marco – venice, italy – Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus II – Daisuke Ido

Byzantine mosaic gold lion – Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo – Sicilia – ari kokomosaico

Byzanatine mosaic gold lions – Sicilia, Italy – ari kokomosaico

roman mosaic, bardo museum, tunis – al-’urdun

Roman Mosaic Lions – Hamat, Israel – dgrushko

Bardo Museum – Tunis, Tunisia – gaeththomas79

Roman Mosaic Pompeii 1st century CE – mharrsch

Photographed at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli

Makonnen male lion at Brookfield Zoo,Il.USA – Jerry Scot

Lion Mosaic – carye1
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Washington, DC From the Ancient Greeks

Lion Mosaic imperez5

Lion Hunt, Mosaic (Detail) – inner3rflow
Close up of Mosaic depicting a Lion Hunt, located in Pella, the Ancient Capital of Macedonia

Lions attacking a wild boar mosaic – Museum at El Jem, Tunsia - WildFocus Images

Lion Mosaic – sbisson
Getty Villa, Santa Monica

Mosaic Lion – Jem-Museum-Mosiac- WildFocus Images
The centre section of the Procession of Dionysus, showing Dionysus astride a savage lion, while handing out wine to a Satyr. Museum in El Jem, Tunisia; Landscape

lion mosaic-El Jem-Museum-Tunisia – WildFocus Images

mosaic lion – bardo museum – sallycat101

Lleó, Mosaic de la Casa de Liber Pater, Museu de Sàbrata – Sebastia Giralt
Lion, Mosaic from the House of Liber Pater (detail), Roman Museum of Sabratha, Libya.

Mosaic lion detail – bardo museum – zacwoolfitt

Qasr el Lebya, – Lion Antiquite Tardive
Lion, Byzantine mosaic of the Eastern Basilica, A.D. 539-540, Qasr Libya.

Syrian Mosaic floor fragment 6th century CE – mharrsch
los angeles county museum of art

Villa Sileen, mosaic lion – Libya, Africa – h_savill

Eroding Lion – Cyprus – einarbrochjohnsen

mosaic man and lion – bardo museum – sallycat101

Mosaics in the stairway – british museum, london – mianakenobi

lion mosaic – istanbul,turkey – sh.ona

Mosaic with a donkey nursing lion cubs – CurlyMer
“This example of foster-mothering with different species would not have been a success; the donkey’s milk would not have been rich enough for the young carnivores, who would have become progressively weaker unless some other nourishment was found for them. The experiment could have been a staged event in an arena or a wild animal farm. The sponsor of the cross-fostering probably had it depicted, and others would have wanted copies of the memorable scene.” – from here..

Detail of a mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii « Mosaic Art Source