Green Eyes Family

The First Pair of Eyes I created was named Green Eyes.

She was inspired by a picture found a long time ago in a French Magazine.

Green Eyes flew to Dubai in 2013, and went from there to Pakistan.

in 2014, I created Mariam and Miriam based on the same image.

2 sisters in Alabama

Marian flew with me to France in June 2014. She is now in Londinieres, a small town of Normandy. 

Mariam in France.

Miriam won a 1st Prize at the Rudd Center for the Art Show in August 2014.

Miriam in Alabama, July 2014

In April 2015, I started to work on 2 smaller versions of the 2 Green eyes sisters, They will fly with me to France next July, with the Pomegranate Tree and an other secret piece. They are Reverse Method built on a mesh.

2 Green eyes sisters 2015.

These 2 Sisters are mirror images of each other. One of them has a Red Head  Scarf and a Blue Veil, these colours are reversed on her sister. 

Red Turban Green Eyes - 2-15

Blue Turban Green Eyes - 2015

Earlier this year, I was contacted by Amarjeet Singh from India, asking me if he could inspire himself from the original green eye to create a mosaic of his own. I was pleased that he was kind enough to ask. He could have simply done it without asking me. that was a very positive point for him. I told him to go ahead. 

On June 6, 2015, Amarjeet sent me a picture of his excellent work. 

Amarjeet Singh's Green eyes. - New Delhi, India

So now we have a total of 6 Green Eyes mosaics, based on the same original design, of different size and different colours.

One is in Pakistan, one is in Londinieres, France, one is in Dothan, Alabama, USA. 2 will soon be in France, one is in New Delhi, India...

So I had the idea of releasing the original design for any person interested to try to create another Green Eyes mosaic. I have used open source softwares for years, freely, because people released the result of their work for free on the net. Now I am doing the same with green eyes. 

Here is the original design of the 2011 Green Eyes.

Please use it to create your own version of her. You do not have to respect the original colours. You can modify her. It would be nice to mention me when you publish your work, but you do not even have to. I will create a private Facebook page for all those of you who decide to create a Green eyes mosaic, who would like to publicize their work.

I hope to help lots of you realize how creative you can be and that you will enjoy becoming part of the great international community of mosaicists ! 

If you need a higher definition of the model, please contact me at frederic.lecut@gmail.com.

I will also try to answer all questions you may have to help you build your own Green Eyes. Good Luck, please keep in touch !

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

If you are interested by my work or would like to drop me a line please contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com or by phone 
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Touching mosaics

One very distinctive characteristics of mosaics versus other media, is that you can touch them. 

If you get in a museum, you cannot touch, actually, you often have people here to prevent you from touching. 

It is understandable, because no painting could be touched by hundreds of people without being destroyed. 

However, when it comes to children, they really need to touch things to fully REALIZE what stands in front of them. For Kids, seeing is not enough.

On June 19, 2015, we unveiled in Headland, Alabama a mosaic made by a group of 20 children. During the workshop, each kids had built a small mosaic with black and white tiles.

Individual mosaics

Later on, I had assembled the mosaics on one only panel. 

The Final Panel

Some of the kids who attended the presentation had not been involved with building. They really loved the final result, but what really was important to them was to be able to touch the final piece, and one small piece leftover from the workshop (I had a total of 21 pieces, and the final panel included 20 pieces).

I really love this picture...

This is a very important point in favour of mosaics as an art media for children. The tactile aspect is very important, this is how they best relate to their environment...

I am a modern mosaic artist with a deep admiration for ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Arts. I live, create and teach mosaics in Headland, Alabama, USA. You can see my own mosaics on my site at mosaicblues. 

If you are interested by my work, my classes or would like to drop me a line please contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com or by phone at 
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The Mosaics of Wat Chieng Thong

Wat Xieng Thong (or Temple of the Golden City) is a Buddhist Monastery located on the peninsula of Luang Phrabang in Laos. 

It was built in 1560. One of its unique features are the glass mosaics used for its decoration.

The back wall of the main practice hall is decorated with a beautiful mosaic of a Tree of Life. 

Detail of the Tree of Life mosaic

And the outer walls of the Sanctuary of the Reclining Buddha, also known as the Red Chapel, are also decorated with a great number of mosaics.

Wat Xieng Thong Red Chapel

Details of the Red Chapel Wall mosaics.

Detail of the Red Chapel mosaics.

These mosaics in the Opus Sextile style, have the particularity that their background was realized by filling up the gaps between the different represented subjects  with a red grout, hence the name of the Red Chapel ! 

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

If you are interested by my work or would 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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