Children’s Mosaic Book – Mosaic Zoo: An ABC Book – Mosaic Artist – Barbara Benson Keith

Mosaic Zoo – An ABC Book – Barb Keith

“Mosaic Zoo: An ABC Book” by Barbara Benson Keith

Filled with Barbara Benson Keith’s beautiful mosaic illustrations, Mosaic Zoo: An ABC Book will quickly become a favorite!

Sneak peek – Mosaic Giraffe – Barb Keith

You will find an inquisitive giraffe, a determined tortoise, a playful raccoon, and more. There are some interesting facts about the animals and also a page describing the mosaic process.

Check it out at Brownian Bee Press

Mosaic Artist – Barbara Keith

Mosaic Artist – Barbara Keith – St. Paul, Minnesota

“I am a self-taught glass mosaicist living in St. Paul, Minnesota. My path to mosaics began when I took a class about stained glass windows. After creating several pieces, I had quite a bit of scrap glass and decided to try making a mosaic. I absolutely loved it and found that I had a knack for it. I created a second project, but that was it for a while. Then I was inspired by the ancient mosaics during a trip to Italy. Fired up, I couldn’t wait to return home to create another piece. They have been coming fast and furious ever since.

Drawing upon my training in art and graphic design, my artwork continues to evolve and change. Though I love completing a piece, one of my favorite parts of the process is looking at a blank space and knowing that before long I will have filled it, but at the moment, I have no idea what shape my creation will take.

I love working with glass. It is a very unique medium for mosaics and it is very striking whether viewed up close or from a distance. I’m fascinated with its special way of playing with the light, shining and showing off its beautiful color, and in its ability to create the illusion of depth.”

Barbara Keith – Barbara Keith Design

Lions in Ancient Mosaic Art – Cyprus, El Jem, Israel, Libya, Naples, Pella, Pompeii, Sicily, Tunis, Venice

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