Mad About Mosaics
I’ve started seeing mosaics everywhere. A book that fell on me from my overstuffed library, then on blogs, onwards to?Twitter and finally, magazine profiles.? It all culminated when my friend?Monica brought in a book one day and said “Had this in my?car — been meaning to show it to you.”? It was The Complete Pebble Mosaic Handbook by Maggy Howarth.? At that point, I just threw my hands up and said “OK, Universe, I’ll do something with mosaics!”? [I'm SURE the Universe didn't mean for me to give up finishes and start doing mosaics.? I love mosaics but they look really intricate and like it takes a million years to master.? I'll just stick to appreciating the artistry it requires. 
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The book that fell on me was The Mosaic Book by Vance & Goodrick-Clarke.? I’ve had it for years and love the visuals.? Here are some pics from it and the aforementioned Pebble Mosaic Handbook:
Here are some pics I’ve run across in my magazine adventures.? On the?top is a room featured in a Floor Club ad and on the bottom, designer David Mann used the?Ann Sacks company to create a forest mosaic:
If you’d like to check out the works of more?mosaic companies, check out Bisazza.? Additionally, Sara Baldwin of both?Sara Baldwin Design and New Ravenna Mosaics has a great mosaic-centric blog.? The works of all these companies?are incredible!
Of course, I couldn’t leave this post without mentioning decorative painting.? On the top, is a can’t miss post of?a faux mosaic created by Anna and Scott Sadler of Surface Refinements (Scottsdale, AZ) and profiled in Design Amour.? The next pic is a gorgeous painted mosaic showcased in the Design Inspiration blog.? To see instructios on creating it, click here (and this how-to has further great links).
Hope you enjoyed my being mad about mosaics — we’ll talk soon!
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[...] mosaics beautiful?? Certainly an incredible aspect of art.? I’ve written before about how mad I am about them but today, I want to focus on a blog focused solely on mosaics: the Sara Baldwin Design blog.? [...]
Steve McAuliffe
982 days ago
Beautiful and fascinating work. I see why you are so taken with this medium… somewhat of a lost art. Thank you for sharing your interesting and informative blog.
helen morris
982 days ago
Thank you for stopping by and for featuring my mosaic picture. Maggie Howarth’s book is great I know just the place for my pebble mosaic, the rest of the family are not chuffed that I’d be digging up the lawn though. Check out http://www.sicis.com for mosaic too.
Melanie
982 days ago
I’ve amassed quite a library of books on mosaics thinking it’s a medium I’d like to explore….sigh…someday….we (Modello Designs) is going to be coming out with some “stocK” mosaic patterns a la the one you show from designamour. That one that Anna did was inspired by the mosaics at the Wynn hotel in LV which may have come from http://www.sicis.com/-another link you DEF want to check out! Thanks for including designamour in your post.
Theresa Cheek
982 days ago
You are so in my head right now! I have always loved grottos and pebble mosaics! Wonderful piece Regina!
Regina Garay
981 days ago
Steve – Thank you so much for your beautiful comment! Helen & Melanie – It was my pleasure since your two posts were such great ones with awesome visuals. The Sicis site was amazing. Theresa – Glad you liked it since this one took a bit of time to put together. I have always loved grottoes as well and am now enchanted with pebble mosaics. It’s so cool to have a blog since you learn something new everytime you post.
Patty
949 days ago
Those columns are beautiful! I can’t imagine the time that went into hand-crafting those! I posted some really unique photos from SICIS, another mosaic company -
http://fabulousfinishes.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/recent-magazine-finds-i-need-to-win-the-lottery/
have you ever been to that website?
Sara Baldwin
943 days ago
You’re the bomb, Regina–thanks a ton for mentioning our work, and thanks for the heads up on the pebble mosaic book which I will soon be adding to our library. We’ve fiddled around with pebbles a little, even done a few outdoor projects, but haven’t really focused yet. I’ll be sure to let you know when we do! Thanks again!