Yezidi Mosaics update, March 17, 2016

My collection of 7 portraits of eyes of Yezidi children has  well progressed since our last update on February 2nd. At this time, Yezidi 20 still needed to be flipped, Yezidi 13 was 15 % complete, and Yezidi 36 existed only as a project.

I have now flipped 6 out of the 7 mosaics. Four of them are framed and ready to be displayed. Two of them (Yezidi 20 and 13) still need some cleaning to eliminate the glue.

Yezidi 20

I flipped Yezidi 13 on March 15, and taped the operation. Here is the video of this operation, this is the moment when one sees the actual mosaic for the first time... A very moving one !

At this time, I have laid 10 % of Yezidi 36

Yezidi 36 - Work in Progress

The 7 mosaics should be ready by mid April. I would like to sell them to raise funds to help the Free Yezidi Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping the Yezidi people from Iraq and Syria. We have started thinking about the way we could organize a sale / auction. We have little experience on this matter, and all help or suggestion is welcome.

If you have some experience in organizing this kind of charity / fund raising event, please contact me at frederic.lecut @gmail.com or by phone at (334) 798 1639.

 

I am a modern mosaic artist with a deep admiration for ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Arts. You can see some of my own mosaics on my site mosaicblues.

 

If you are interested by this project or by my work in general 
or if you would simply like to drop me a line, please 

contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com   

or by phone at (334) 798 1639. 

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Yezidis Mosaics update, February 2nd, 2016

During the fall 2015, I launched a Yezidi Eyes mosaic project. I am realizing a collection of eyes of Yezidi refugees. The Yezidi - sometimes spelled Yazidi - are a people persecuted by ISIS - DAESH because of their religion. They are being massacred, raped, sold, enslaved. Several international organizations are trying to help them. 

I am working with the Free Yezidi Foundation, an organization seeking to implement projects to protect and support the most vulnerable members of the Yezidi community.

Our goal is to sell - or auction these mosaics to raise funds and raise the awareness of the general public about the fact they are being the victims of a crimes against humanity and genocide.

At this point one mosaic - Yezidi 02 - is complete.

3 mosaics are almost complete, all the tiles have been laid, I still need to finish them, lots of cleaning, grouting, have the frame done and install it. 

Yezidi 01 is the first mosaic I made in the sepia tone, I used it as the model for Yezidi 02 in Black and White.

Yezidi 11 is of a young girl covering her eyes from the bright sun.

Yezidi 21 is a young boy.

The cold and humid weather has delayed me. At the time I am writing, I have grouted these last 3 pieces.
 

I have started  to work in 2016 on 3 additional pieces.

Yezidi 20 is fully laid and needs to be supported and flipped for finition.

Yezidi 13 is at about 15 % completion, you cannot see any features of the piece yet. (Surprise...)

Finally Yezidi 36 is at this time only a project, I have printed the model, but will only start to lay the tiles once I have flipped Yezidi 20 and its working table becomes available !

This one is not of a child, but of a young Yezidi woman soldier. It will be like the previous ones realized in Black and White colours.

These 7 mosaics should be ready by mid April. We have started thinking about the way we could organize the sale / auction. We have little experience on this matter, and all help, or suggestion is welcome.

If you have experience in organizing this kind of charity / fund raising event, please contact me at frederic.lecut @gmail.com or by phone at (334) 798 1639.

 

I am a modern mosaic artist with a deep admiration for ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Arts. You can see some of my own mosaics on my site mosaicblues.

 

If you are interested by this project or by my work in general 

or if you would simply like to drop me a line, please 

contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com  

or by phone at (334) 798 1639. 

 

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Yezidis 011 and 021

There are a few things I really do not like. Child abuse is one of them. And so child abuse on a large scale, such as what the Yezidis children is something that deeply saddens me. And I do not like what is happening to the Yezidis women who are systematically raped and sold in slavery by their captors eager to go back to their interpretation of the Arabian 7th century society.

I cannot fix greed, hatred and stupidity, but I can try to help. 

I already have created one portrait of one of these children. This portrait is at the welding shop right now to get its frame made, and I will publish it once it is complete, but you can get some idea from my November 12 post "Yezidi Eyes"

I am presently working on two more portraits. 

Here are the models : 

A little girl

Yezidi 011

And a young boy.

Yezidi 021

I am realizing these mosaics according to a new and very unique method. To my knowledge, nobody ever made mosaics this way. The mosaics are realized in black and white, using only tiny glass tiles of various shades of grey.


The result is unique and stunning, as you will see it very soon once the first piece comes back from the shop. 

For the time being here are 2 pictures taken on Dec 4. As you can see, I am working in a very different way from the usual.

Yezidi 011- December 4.

It is however, a reverse method on mesh similar as what I have done for my last Pomegranate Tree. At the time I am writing (Dec 7) I have progressed some more, but have had to stop for I am waiting for a shipment of tiles ! 

Yezidi 021, Dec 4.

These kids were able to escape the persecution. They are now hosted in camps in Turkey and Iraq, financed by the Free Yezidi Foundation.

My goal is to auction these mosaics sometimes in the spring to raise money to help the foundation. I will donate 50 % of the profit of the auction to this cause.  

I have no idea of the way to organize this, so if you like this project and would like to help or participate, please let me know at frederic.lecut@gmail.com, or call me at (334) 798 1639.

 

I am a modern mosaic artist with a deep admiration for ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Arts. You can see some of my own mosaics on my site mosaicblues.

 

If you are interested by this project or by my work in general 

or if you would simply like to drop me a line, please 

contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com  

or by phone at (334) 798 1639. 

 

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