Mosaic Fiesta : An Opus Pixellatum Class in Atlanta

I will be teaching this spring a 3 days class (Friday night, Saturday, Sunday morning) about my Opus Pixellatum Technique.

During this class open to 12 students only, you will create a naturalistic portrait of your own eyes. 

Course Project

Each student will create a 7 inch x 17 inch mosaic portrait of their own eyes, or the eyes of a friend, relative, etc. The portrait will be created from a photograph using my Opus Pixellatum technique.

Cost

The cost of the event is $275 per person, which includes the cost of all materials.

Tentative Date

The class will be a weekend event (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) for 12 people, and  The class is tentatively scheduled for March 24, 25, and 26th in Decatur, Georgia.  

Please email inspire@mosaicartsupply.com to reserve your slot or express interest in a later date.

The Venue

The class will be held in Decatur, Georgia, one of the most livable cities in the US. Decatur’s old courthouse square filled with fine dining and boutiques, plus a MARTA train station that provides stress-free access to the Atlanta Airport. The course will be held at the Mosaic Art Supply warehouse, which is less than 2 miles from the Decatur Square.

 

Schedule of the Event 

Two Weeks Before

Two weeks before the event, students need to email us the photograph that they will use as a model for their mosaic. Frederic will use this digital photograph to create the pattern for your mosaic and determine the colors and quantities of tiles needed.

Friday Night

Arrive and check in at your hotel. Meet and greet with Joe Moorman, Frederic Lecut, and the other students over dinner in Decatur Square.

Saturday

From 9am to 1pm, students will lay out their designs on the patterns. Following a long lunch, we will transfer the mosaics to their backers. Throughout this process, there will be discussion of how to use the Opus Pixellatum technique as a point of departure for incorporating stylistic elements beyond the pattern and other aspects of mosaic composition.

 

Sunday

Grout the mosaics. Farewell and departure.

 

Reserve Your Slot !

Spaces in this class are limited.  Please email inspire@mosaicartsupply.com to reserve your slot or express interest in a later date. Once the date is confirmed, we will be collecting non-refundable payments of $275 for the course.

Frederic Lecut is a mosaic artist based in Alabama. 

  His Art is about Inspiring People.

 

For more details about his Opus Pixellatum signature technique or if you are interested by his work, you can contact him by phone at (334) 798 1639 or by email at frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com

 

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Pan Pan Pan Pan ! (Air connu)

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Plusieurs fois par an, je travaille à la commission pour des collectionneurs. Dans une mosaïque personalisée, le collectionneur a l'inspiration originale et est souvent impliqué dans la conception. Nous travaillons ensemble. C'est une expérience très enrichissante, j'apprécie vraiment la discussion et les echanges de vues entre nous. Nous apprenons à mieux nous connaître; au-delà de la mosaïque elle-même, c'est une relation que nous construisons.

Je connais Liz et Marty depuis plusieurs années. Marty la surprend toujours avec des cadeaux tres originaux. Pour ce Noël, Liz voulait le surprendre. Et donc, en octobre dernier, elle m'a demandé si je pourrais - en douce - faire une mosaïque juste pour lui!

Pan and Syrinx (1617-19) - par Pierre Paul Rubens

Elle avait en tete un portrait du dieu romain Pan, dont Marty a touours apprecie la personnalité sauvage et créative.


Liz souhaitait une mosaïque dans le style romain classique.

Pan et Amadryad - Pompeii

J'ai dessine quelques avant projets. Les teintes delicates et puissantes de cette magnifique piece m'inspiraient beaucoup .

Liz et moi avons finalement decidé d'interpreter une interprétation médiévale du Dieu cornu.

Cette partie du projet - la communication entre artiste et collectionneur - est une partie très importante du processus. Il est primordial d'arriver a bien se comprendre. J'essaie de saisir la personnalité du collectionneur, sa motivation et son goût pour lui proposer quelque chose qui réponde vraiment à ses besoins et à son mode de vie.

Une fois d'accord sur le principe de la conception, je me suis mis au travail.

J'ai décidé d'utiliser pour mon modele une bordure de style classique. Les bordures sont a la mosaique ce que le cadre est au tableau. Elles font converger le regard de l'observateur vers le sujet principal - l'Emblemata - au centre de la mosaïque. Les Musivarii romains utilisaient systematiquement ce type de parure dans leurs oeuvres.

El Djem - Tunisie, 2nd siecle avant JC.

Pan étant - entre autres choses - un dieu des forêts et des arbres, je choisis d'utiliser une bordure de feuilles de Laurier.

Et pour le fond, je m'inspirai des arabesques du superbe arbre de vie de Maitre Gustav Klimt.

Le 14 Octobre, je posai mon modèle sur l'etabli et me mis a l'ouvrage !

October 14, C'est parti !

Durant la pose, je tenais Liz au courant en lui envoyant des photos, vidéos, des détails sur la pièce, afin qu'elle puisse en visualiser la progression.
 

Detail de la bordure

Le 9 novembre, apres avoir posé toutes les Tesselles...

Je pre-scellai la piece.

Le 15 Novembre, Liz est venu a l'atelier Mosaicblues à Headland pour retourner sa mosaïque!

Le retournement d'une mosaïque realisee en méthode inversee est un moment très émouvant car on y voit la mosaïque pour la première fois. C'est un peu comme la première fois qu'une belle femme se déshabille, un moment unique et plein de suspens ! On sait jamais a quoi s'attendre !

Après le retournement, je nettoyai la colle, appliquai le joint, l'imperméabilisai et encadrai la pièce.

Pan, le 24 Novembre 2016

Et le jour de Noël, TADA ! Marty a découvert son Pote Pan!

Pan & Marty, le 25 decembre 2016

  

Des mosaïques personnalisées de ce type sont souvent offertes lors d'anniversaires personnels ou de mariage, ou pour la fete des Meres. Ce sont des cadeaux inhabituels et spectculaires.

Il faut compter entre 2 et 3 mois entre le moment où un collectionneur me contacte et l'achèvement d'une mosaïque et je ne peux créer que quelques-unes de ces pieces chaque année.

Et donc, si vous êtes intéressé par une telle mosaïque, s'il vous plaît contactez-moi au moins 3 mois avant la date pour laquelle vous souhaitez,

• par téléphone au (334) 798 1639 ou
• par courriel à frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com

Frédéric Lecut est un mosaiciste français.

En 1992, il est alle s'installer en Alabama.

Il essaie par son art d'inspirer les gens.

Pour rester en contact avec lui,

Veuillez vous abonner à sa

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Pan !

A few times a year I work on commission for collectors. In a custom mosaic, the collector has the original inspiration and is often involved in the design. We work together. It is a very pleasant experience, I thoroughly enjoy the discussion and sharing involved. We get to better know each other, beyond the mosaic itself, we build a relationship.

I have known Liz and Marty for several years. Marty always surprises her with fancy presents. For this Christmas, Liz wanted something really cool, special and original for him. And so last October she asked me if I would - secretly - make a custom mosaic for him !  

Pan and Syrinx (1617-19) - by Pierre Paul Rubens

She had her mind set on the Roman God Pan, whose wild and creative personality Marty had always enjoyed.

Liz was looking for a mosaic in the Classical Roman style.

Pan and Amadryad - Pompeii

We went through a few possible designs. I was inspired by the delicate but powerful hues of this gorgeous Roman piece.

And Liz and I finally decided I would work from a modern rendering of a medieval interpretation of the horny God.

This part of the commission work - the communication between artist and collector - is an very important and pleasant part of the process. It is primordial to get a good fit. I try to understand the collector's personality, her motivation and taste to propose her something that really meets her needs and/or her lifestyle. 

Once we'd agreed on the principle of the design, I actually went to work.

First I had to create a model. I decided for a wide traditional border. Borders act like the frame of a painting, they focus the eyes of the observer toward the main subject - the Emblemata - at he center of the mosaic. Roman Musivarii used this kind of adornment on all their pieces. 

Pan being - among other things - a god of forests and trees, I chose to use a Laurel Leaves border. 

As for the background I drew my inspiration from the arabesques of Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life mosaic. 

And so I laid the model on the bench and went to work on October 14 !

October 14, the begining !

I kept Liz posted of the progress with pictures, videos, details about the piece, so she'd get an idea of what was happening...

November 2nd

And she had a peak at the creative process

Detail of the border

   
On November 9, I had laid all the Tesserae.

I pre-grouted the piece...

And on November 15, Liz came to Mosaicblues studio in Headland to flip her mosaic !

Now the flipping of a reverse method mosaic is a very moving time, because you actualy see your mosaic for the first time, and so people love this, it is, like the first time a beautiful woman undresses, a unique and dramatic moment.

After the flipping I had to clean up the glue, apply the grout, waterproof it and frame the piece.

Pan, November 24, 2016

And on Christmas Day, Marty discovered his Buddy Pan !

 

Pan & Marty, Dec 25, 2016

 
  

Custom mosaics are often presented for Mother's Days, Birthdays or Anniversaries. They make dramatic and outstanding presents.

It takes usually 2 to 3 months between the time a collector contacts me and the completion of a mosaic; and I can only create a few of these pieces every year. 

So if you’re interested to offer a custom mosaic, please contact me way ahead of  the date you might want it either by phone at (334) 798 1639 or 

by email at frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com

Frederic Lecut is a French mosaicist.

In 1992 he made Alabama his home.

His Art is about inspiring People.

 

 

To keep in touch with him, 

please subscribe to his 

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