Carole's Eyes unveiled

Carole's Eyes is an experimental piece. I used both Opus Tessellatum and Opus Pixellatum techniques to compose it for I wanted to create a dramatic effect by contrasting the different arrangement and textures of the 2 techniques.

Opus tessellatum was the most commonly used technique in the production of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine mosaics. It involves the use of tesserae (small cubes of stone, glass, ceramic, or other hard material) of uniform size to form pictures and designs. The tesserae are applied following a pattern actually DRAWN on the support.

A Roman Duck realized in Opus Tesselatum

I invented Opus Pixellatum in 2015 to create my series of Yezidi Eyes mosaics. In Opus Pixellatum, the tesserae are laid as the pixels of a digital photography or the color blots of an impressionist painting. The model I use is not a drawing but a grid  guiding me to lay of the tesserae. in Opus pixellatum, you do not see what you are doing until you have covered half the area of your mosaic.

One eye of my Opus Pixellatum Yezidi 37 mosaic

With Carole's eyes I used Pixellatum for the eyes themselves and Tessellatum for the weeping willows branches in front of them. I was as usual laying my mosaic upside down (reverse method) and it was not until I flipped it that I could realize, with relief and great satisfaction, that the result exceeded my expectations. 

Carole's Eyes - just flipped.

Flipping a mosaic is always a magic moment, enjoy this dramatic video of my flipping this handcrafted piece ! 

 

Carole's eyes is entirely made of glass (recycled and gold smalti) and measures 17 x 47"  (42 x 118 cm). It will come like all my mosaics with the whole hanging hardware making its installation very easy and will be available for sale 2nd week in December.

I am a French mosaic artist based in Alabama. 

My Art is about Inspiring People.

 

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3 Muses in painting and mosaics

The Nine Muses have been inspiring artists since the antiquity and there are countless paintings, drawings, designs, poems and statues dedicated to them. Many artists of all times acknowledged their importance in artistic creation,  dedicating their works to them.

In this painting displayed in the Musee du Louvre, 17th century artist Eustache Lesueur represented 3 of them : Melpomene, Polymnia and Erato

The Roman mosaic of Vichten was manufactured 14 centuries before Lesueur around 240 AD in a specialised workshop in Trier. It is one of the most beautiful Roman representations of the nine Muses and an eloquent example of the philosophical and literary culture of the urban elites in Roman Gaul.

Melpomene, protector of Tragedy, invented tragedy, rhetoric speech and Melos. She was depicted holding a tragedy mask and usually bearing a bat.

Erato was the protector of Love and Love Poetry – as well as wedding. Her name comes from the Greek word “Eros” that refers to the feeling of falling in love. She is depicted holding a lyre and sometimes love arrows and bows.

Polymnia, protector of the divine hymns and mimic art, invented geometry and grammar. She was depicted looking up to the Sky, holding a lyre.

 

 

 

I am a French mosaic artist based in Alabama. 

My Art is about Inspiring People.

 

If you are interested by my work, please contact me by phone at (334) 798 1639 or by email at frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com

 

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