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Vancouver mosaic Community Walls Community Voices (2), Wendy Tanner.
Vancouver mosaic - Community Walls Flickr - Wendy Tanner
Vancouver mosaic dove peace - Flickr - Wendy Tanner
Vancouver mosaic Flickr - Wendy Tanner
Vancouver mosaic eagle - Flickr - Wendy Tanner
Vancouver mosaic - Flickr - Wendy Tanner
Vancouver mosaic - Community Walls Community Voices on Flickr - Wendy Tanner
Vancouver mosaic - Community Walls Flickr - Wendy Tanner
Vancouver Community Artists - Richard Tetrault, Dan Bushnell & Jerry Whitehead
THE COMMUNITY WALLS / COMMUNITY VOICES project in east Vancouver demonstrates the way that art and community development work together to achieve complementary goals. Over 300 community members collaborated with artists to design, create, and install 28 ceramic mosaics, transforming a 170 m retaining wall from a run-down graffiti canvas into a work of public art that reflects east Vancouver’s diverse origins and highlights the area’s Aboriginal community. The mosaics portray the interests, history, and ambitions of the area’s diverse population and create a sense of community pride and identity. The process of creating the mosaics provided opportunities for social cohesion by bringing together diverse groups to work on the project. Since the installation of the mosaics, graffiti on the retaining wall has stopped.
Creative City Network / Resources - Project Profiles - Community Walls/Community Voices
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural - San Francisco, originally uploaded by mosaic art source.
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakeley tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakely tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Ellen Blakely tempered glass mosaic tile mural detail - San Francisco on Flickr - mosaic art source
Mosaic Artist - Ellen Blakeley
“In 1993 I developed my shattered glass technique. I use recycled safety glass (tempered glass) as a form of mosaic. With paint, words, photographs, leaves, metallic powders and an endless supply of other materials, I create a drawing or collage beneath the surface of the glass. Like a body of water, glass can keep your eye on the surface as it reflects the light, or invite your eye below the surface when it absorbs the light. The play of surface and depth is a game I never get tired of. In the past nine years, I have used the technique for: walls, floors, windows, chandeliers, countertops, backsplashes, tables, bowls, mirrors, garden rocks, coasters, bases, sculptures, and large outdoor murals.”
Blake mosaics under the bridge, originally uploaded by ramson.
Mosaic “Oberon and Titania on a Lily” on Flickr - by ramson
Mosaic - angel and dove blake? on Flickr - by ramson
Mosaic - “I want! I want!” on Flickr - by ramson
Mosaic - “The Book of Thel” on Flickr - by ramson
Mosaic - Ancient of Days on Flickr - by ramson
Mosaic - America - a prophecy on Flickr - by ramson
Mosaic - angel blake? on Flickr - by ramson
Columbia Rd. Flower Market Mosaic Sign, originally uploaded by Dave Gorman.
Letterbox Mosaic on Flickr - by Dave Gorman
mosaic basket on the wall on Flickr - Dr J Bowman
mosaic flowers columbia road on Flickr - sf2london
Mosaic flowers east london on Flickr - Soggy Semolina
Columbia Rd Mosaic, London on Flickr - Tanya Bowd
Columbia Rd Mosaic, London on Flickr - Tanya Bowd
Columbia Rd Mosaic, London on Flickr - Tanya Bowd
columbia road mosaic on Flickr - sf2london
Columbia Rd Floral Mosaic, London on Flickr - by Tanya Bowd
mosaic floral detail on Flickr - sf2london
live music at columbia road mosaic backdrop on Flickr - by eloueralou
River Spirits of the Anacostia (2004), originally uploaded by alykat.
River Spirits of the Anacostia (2004) on Flickr - alycat
River Spirits of the Anacostia (2004) on Flickr - alycat
River Spirits of the Anacostia (2004) on Flickr - alycat
River Spirits of the Anacostia (2004) on Flickr - alycat
Part of a huge mosaic strip by Martha Jackson-Jarvis that wraps around the exterior of the Anacostia station. Taken during a Metro public art tour offered as part of WalkingTown DC.
sometimes it is hard to see an artist in his work, originally uploaded by tilo driessen.
Fabrice turning his four-year old mural into a mosaic. His coat, a stand-out almost anywhere, blends into the background.
Kunstfabriek Mozaiek on Flickr - Photo Sharing! KennethVerburg.nl
Fabrice Mosaic (3) on Flickr - by Queer Fish
Kunstfabriek Mozaiek on Flickr - KennethVerburg.nl
Mozaïek op Marie Heinekenplein on Flickr - [nl] [carre]
Mosaic Penguin on Flickr - by Queer Fish
Fabrice Mosaic (2) on Flickr - by Queer Fish
Kunstfabriek Mozaiek on Flickr - KennethVerburg.nl
Heinekenplein - Amsterdam (Netherlands) on Flickr - Meteorry
Fabrice (far left) at work with glass and ceramic tiles at the Heinekenplein (Ferdinand Bolstraat) in the Pijp in Amsterdam
Who is Fabrice?
Fabrice is one of the true street art pioneers in Amsterdam, he was doing figurative art in the streets back in the late 70s.
Here he’s working on an impressive mosaique at Heineken Plein, ‘Het Kompas’. It symbolizes the world itself and is a working compass guiding you north, south, east & west. The figures tell a story about each geographical direction.
Mosaic Art Source - mosaic murals archive
When pigs fly mosaic, originally uploaded by thekidds
A speaker for every car mosaic on Flickr - by thekidds
Oldsmobile mosaic car on Flickr - by thekidds
Lala’s poodle mosaic on Flickr - by thekidds
Payne Avenue pets mosaic on Flickr - by thekidds
The Stringer’s cat mosaic on Flickr - by thekidds
Part of Jean Graham’s “Wall of Welcome” mosaic project in the Crestview Neighborhood. The artist is providing mosaic lessons and supplies and the Crestview residents (and others) are following her plan and some are making their own designs. It’s on a brick wall about 5 feet tall. There are individual square designs along the top of the master mural. A work in progress.
mosaic marathon heart on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
mosaic marathon book on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
mosaic marathon garden on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
mosaic marathon dove, originally uploaded by mosaic art source.
As part of the Mesa Conference SAMA member Kim Emerson led two workshops on large-scale architectural mosaics.
Participating SAMA members fabricated a series of five panels (designed by Kim) in a fun-filled mosaic marathon! They utilized Kim’s method of face-taping the design and thinsetting it to panels. The finished panels were then donated to the Southwest Human Development, a not-for-profit organization with the mission of creating a positive future for young children. The mosaic panels were mounted on the exterior wall of SWHD’s four-story building in Phoenix, Arizona.
Israel, Tel Aviv, View from Yafo on Flickr - by Anthony International
Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ; Arabic: تَلْ أَبِيبْ يَافَا) is the second largest city in Israel and is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also the main part of the largest and most populous metropolitan area in Israel, Gush Dan.
Tel Aviv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Israel, Tel Aviv, The famous Guttman mosaics on Flickr - by Anthony International
Mosaic Fountain - ‘4000 Years of History’ - Bialik Square
The Twelve Mosaics are situated around the fountain in front of the Old City Hall, Bialik Street 27. The mosaics tell us the history of Tel Aviv-Jaffa throughout the ages. They are the work of Nahum Gutman Holiday in Israel
Nahum Gutman mosaic history of Tel Aviv (on Bialik Street) on Flickr - by לורנס לויתן
Who was Nahum Gutman?
Nahum Gutman (1898–1980) was an Israeli painter, sculptor and author born in what is now Teleneşti, Moldova, then part of the Russian Empire. In 1903, he and his parents moved to Odessa; in 1905, they emigrated to Israel.
Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, different from the European models of his teachers. He was quite eclectic as an artist, working in oils, watercolours, gouache, sculpture, mosaics, and engravings. His work varied between literal and abstract, and he also wrote and illustrated a number of highly successful children’s books and short stories.
Nahum Gutman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nahum Gutman’s mosaic history of Tel Aviv (on Bialik Street) on Flickr - by לורנס לויתן
This depicts Jonah being cast into the sea off the coast of the ancient port of Jaffa
Nahum Gutman’s mosaic history of Tel Aviv (on Bialik Street) on Flickr - by לורנס לויתן
This depicts the early settlement days (turn of the 20th Century).
Nahum Gutman’s mosaic history of Tel Aviv (on Bialik Street) on Flickr - by לורנס לויתן
This depicts the ancient port of Jaffa, where the cedars of Lebanon were sent on their way to be used in Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem.
Nahum Gutman’s mosaic history of Tel Aviv (on Bialik Street) on Flickr - by לורנס לויתן
This depicts modern Tel Aviv.
Nahum Gutman - Mosaic Bio
1961 Executed a mosaic wall in the Chief Rabbinate Building, Tel Aviv
1965 During the 1960s Gutman went to Italy where he specialized in mosaic
1966 Executed a mosaic wall at the Shalom Tower, Tel Aviv
1967 Executed a mosaic wall at the Gymnasia Herzeliya Building, Tel Aviv
In the late 1960s and during the 1970s Gutman sculpted ceramic statuettes
1976 Executed a mosaic at the Bialik Plaza depicting the history of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1980 Passed away in Tel Aviv
There’s a moon over Herzl street, tonight. on Flickr - by yoel herzberg
Shalom Tower ( Migdal Shaalom) on Herzl street, Tel Aviv.
Shalom Meir Tower (Hebrew: מגדל שלום מאיר, Migdal Shalom Meir; commonly shortened to מגדל שלום, Migdal Shalom) is an office tower in Tel-Aviv which contains a small commercial center. Shalom Meir tower was the first magnificent and tall tower to be built in Israel and when its construction was completed, it rivaled the tallest buildings in Europe in height, and was the tallest in the Middle East. It has 34 floors and stands at a height of 142 m (466 ft), it was completed in 1965.
Shalom Meir tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Israel May 1995 - Tel Aviv - Mosaic mural, originally uploaded by πρώρα (Prora).
Nahum Gutman (1898-197 
was born in Romania and immigrated to Israel in 1905. He grew up in Jaffa, opposite the sand dunes (later to become Tel Aviv), and these locations dominate his landscapes. He was one of the first children to live in the new city of Tel Aviv, and this influential childhood experience is reflected in his books A Small City with Few People and Between Sands and Blue Skies. He became known as prolific children’s book author, and illustrator. His works earned him the title “the artist of early Tel Aviv” seeing as he had a knack for portraying the bohemian and realistic vision of the city and its people. Gutman is also famous for his illustration of Bialik poems and for mosaics he designed in Tel Aviv: in the Shalom Tower, the Chief Rabbinate Building, and the old City Plaza, Bialik Square. They were created in 1970 and they tell the story of the daily life in Tel Aviv and Jaffa. After his death the Nahum Gutman Museum was founded. It is located in what is considered Tel Aviv’s first Jewish neighborhood, Neve Tzedek. The Mosaic in the western wing of the Shalom Tower tells us of the beginning of the city. The mosaic is divided in four different colors each representing a period in the life of the city. Holiday in Israel
IMG_0964, originally uploaded by abigailk.
Part of a large mosaic mural in the Sholom Tower that depicts the building of Tel Aviv.
IMG_0965, originally uploaded by abigailk.
This portion depicts an old-style Israeli farmer, a new Russian immigrant, and the overlap of the two.
IMG_0966, originally uploaded by abigailk.
Part of a mosaic mural in the Shalom Tower depicting the building of Tel Aviv.
Louisa Lawson Reserve mosaic, originally uploaded by Meredith Jones.
pink mosaic detail on Flickr - by Meredith Jones
By Women mosaic on Flickr - by Meredith Jones
Mosaic Journal for the Household on Flickr - by Meredith Jones
star mosaic detail on Flickr - by Meredith Jones
mosaic plaque at Louisa Lawson Reserve on Flickr - by Meredith Jones
Mosaic created by Cynthia Turner at tiny park in Harnett St, Marrickville, Australia
Who was Louisa Lawson?
Louisa Lawson (February 17, 1848 - August 12, 1920) was an Australian writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist. Louisa Lawson was born and grew up in Mudgee, New South Wales. Her family was poor and as the eldest daughter of nine, she was forced to leave school at the age of thirteen. In 1866 Louisa married Niels Larsen (Peter Lawson); her husband was often absent leaving Louisa to raise four children on her own. In 1882 she took her children and moved to Sydney. She managed boarding houses and saved money that she used to buy a share in the radical pro-federation newspaper The Republican in 1887. With her earnings and experience from working on The Republican she was able in May 1888, to edit and publish The Dawn.
The Dawn was Australia’s first journal produced solely by women; it was published monthly and distributed throughout Australia and overseas. The Dawn had a strong feminist perspective, and discussed issues such as the women’s right to vote and assume public office, women’s education, women’s economic and legal rights, domestic violence, and temperance. The Dawn was published monthly for seventeen years (1888 - 1905) and at its height employed 10 female staff. Her son Henry Lawson also wrote poems and stories for the paper. The Dawn press printed Henry’s first book Short Stories in Prose and Verse in 1894.
Louisa Lawson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
the pool at foro italico, photos & essay by antmoose.
This building, designed as the “palazzo delle Termi” or palace of the Baths by Costantino Costantini in 1937, became part of the Olympic complex in 1960.
exercise is good for you on Flickr - by antmoose
What is going on here? Men climb stairs to fling themselves off a platform, presumably to land in a sweaty pile on the men below. Meanwhile, three muscle men squat, stretch, and flex for our viewing pleasure.
divers on Flickr - by antmoose
It was almost impossible to get a photo of this wall, for some reason. So this is of mediocre quality, but the mosaics express the sheer physical joy of diving.
women? on Flickr - by antmoose
Of course, the women are fully clothed and represent goddesses and virtues. They watch in helpless awe as their menfolk disport with each other in various states of manly undress.
runners on Flickr - bn antmoose
One of the most beautiful sections of the mosaic, full of kinetic energy. The repetitious motion of the arms evokes, surely unintentionally, the Nazi swastika.
relaxing on Flickr - by antmoose
I think this is the most explicitly erotic of the pool mosaics. Here he waits, naked, confident of his muscular body, as if in a sauna. He doesn’t look too smart, but then intelligence was not a Fascist ideal. The pose evokes the ignudi on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling.
towel peekaboo on Flickr - by antmoose
The swimmer, drying off, shows us he’s not wearing a thong, and seems on the verge of showing us what Fascist youth really worshipped.
put the towel around me too on Flickr - by antmoose
There is a world of homoerotic longing in the gaze of the towel-less bather.
oh my aching back on Flickr - by antmoose
photos & essay by antmoose.
Nice Andamento! 
Mosaic Art Source mosaic definition:
andamento - mosaic detail
andamento - movement or flow of tesserae, often accentuated by the interstices.
mosaic art source - mosaic terms glossary - mosaic definitions - mosaic resources
Who were the Mosaic Artists?
In the first postwar period, 1934-1938, the most interesting mosaic project realised by the Mosaic School of Fruili, was the wall and floor mosaic of 10,000 sqm mosaic at the Foro italico in Rome. It was created on the bozzetti by Giulio Rosso, Angelo Canevari, Achille Capizzano and Gino Severini. The School history from 1922
Bar Code, originally uploaded by domar.
Milky Way Mosaic on Flickr - by domar
Milk Gun Mosaic on Flickr - by domar
Sun Mosaic on Flickr - by domar
Funny Dog Mosaic on Flickr - by domar
Squares Mosaic on Flickr - by domar
Pretty Girl Mosaic on Flickr - by domar
These mosaic murals are on walls around a dairy here in Milan, Italy. Artists are various and once a year the schools of Milan can participate in a public concourse. The best mosaics manufactured by the school children are then exhibited for one year aside these permanent mosaics.
Thanks again for sharing your photos & for the added info Marcello 
Institute of Mosaic Art - Mosaic Mural Intensive with Laurel True - ‘You can be a Mosaic Artist Too’ Video by Stacy Alexander
Mosaic Art Source - mosaic classes archive
Mosaic Art Source - mosaic murals archive
Mosaic Art Source - mosaic videos archive
Tonantsin Renace, take 2, originally uploaded by ehoyer.
Segment of the Mural/Mosaic “Tonantsin Renace” by Colette Crutcher on Flickr-funkandjazz
Mosaic Mural “Tonantzin Renace” by Colette Crutcher, on 16th St. near Sanchez - San Francisco, California
Who was Tonantzin?
In Aztec mythology, Tonantzin was a lunar mother goddess. Like Tlaltecuhtli, she was sometimes depicted as a toad swallowing a stone knife.
In modern Mexico, the most important religious building (Basilica of Guadalupe) is built where the Tonantzin pyramid once stood. Some anthropologists believe that “Our Lady of Guadalupe” is a “Christianized” Tonantzin.
In literature, Tonantzin is the tragic heroine in Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez, who makes a living from selling deep fried babosas (giant slugs) in her Central American village. She is cited as being named after the goddess
Tonantzin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mosaic Art Source - Colette Crutcher mosaic artist archive
Mosaic Art Source - mosaic murals archive
Cityscape where hot meets cool, originally uploaded by ◄Kentigern►.
Mosaic sunset and river on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Mosaic Art Source mosaic definition:
smalti
smalto (pl. smalti) - smalti is characterized by its dazzling range of brilliant opaque colors. Smalti is prepared by adding crystalline material (corpo) and coloured material (anima) to the colourless or coloured fused glass. Smalti is literally available in thousands of colors, is a very stable glass, easy to cut and very durable. m.a.s. mosaic glossary
Flaming flying steam train with cityscape on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Mosaic detail on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Primary school first love mosaic, originally uploaded by ◄Kentigern►.
Primary school mosaic on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is a real favourite of mine - it’s such crazy fun. I found it in a school playground, which explains why it’s just so great. Anything can become possible in the imagination of a child. Glasgow, Scotland
Chirpy, cheerful, red-eyed, pink-nosed girl on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
In 2005, I participated in a mural building project with famed Philadelphia artist, Isaiah Zagar at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland, CA.. The event was held in conjunction with Laurel True’s opening of this fantastic institute in Oakland’s Jingletown Arts District where world-class mosaic art is taught and displayed. - Stacy Alexander
Isaiah Zagar received his BFA from Pratt Institute of Art in New York in painting and graphics. He has been working on a city wide mosaic environment for 35 years in Philadelphia, PA and is considered a visionary outside of the traditional art world. He has completed over 70 large scale installations and has exhibited his work internationally.
“In 1959 when I was 19 years old I was introduced to the folk art environment of Clarence Schmidt, My Mirrored Hope, Woodstock, NY USA. Soon after in 1960 there was a groundbreaking exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, NY USA. Because that exhibition included assemblages of artists like Pablo Picasso, Jean Dubuffet, Curt Schwitters, Antonio Gaudi along side of untrained brickaleurs Clarence Schmit, Simon Rodia and Joseph Ferdinand Cheval that gave me as a trained artist the rationale to include their concepts as manifestations of fine art. At a crucial time in my life it allowed me to begin what could be called a life’s work making the city of Philadelphia PA USA into a labyrinthine mosaic museum that incorporates all my varied knowledge and skills.” Institute of Mosaic Art
Mosaic Book - Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens The Art of Isaiah Zagar
The full color book featuring stories and pictures of Isaiah’s work.
http://www.isaiahzagar.org/books.html
Great book, fabulous photos… you can help support Isaiah’s projects by buying a piece of his artwork at http://www.isaiahzagar.org/stuff.html or take one of his workshops.
Josef Norris
Kid Serve Supervising Artist & Director Josef Norris shares his experience creating mosaic murals with children:
- m.a.s. any advice for artists interested in working on large scale mosaic projects with children?
- Josef The most important part of any kids project is to form a strong partnership with the adults involved. Be careful of volunteers – they’re great if they show up – but don’t count on them. Work with small groups of kids, usually not more than 6 at a time.
M.A.S. Mosaic Article - Kid Serve - Creating Mosaic Murals with Children
Mosaic Art Focus - The Mosaic Art Source Newsletter
Mosaic Art Source Kid Serve & Josef Norris Mosaic Image Archive
Love Ya Babe, originally uploaded by shadowsdeconstructed.
Mosaic on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This mosaic is located in the Hollywood section of California Adventure (Anaheim Disneyland)
Dancing on the ceiling, originally uploaded by iheartfinn.
DSC_0278 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
paolozzi mosaic artwork in totteham court