Mona Lisa mosaic created with cups of coffee.

After I posted last month about 2 mosaics created with Coffee under different forms in Russia and Mexico...

I found out that the Mona Lisa, the world's most famous painting, was recreated in Australi in 2009 by Alison Lyons for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, with 3,604 cups of coffee - and 564 pints of milk.

130,000 people attended this one-day coffee-lovers event.

The different sepia shades of the painting were created by adding no, little or lots of milk to each cup of black coffee.

This unusual mosaic measures 20 feet high and 13 feet wide. It took 3 hours to a team of eight people to build it !

Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, presumably the most famous painting in the world, measures 30 x 21" (770 x 530 mm). It was painted in Florence, Italy between 1503 and 1506 by Leonardo Da Vinci.

She is displayed in the Musee du Louvre in Paris, France, with the title "Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo."

I am a modern mosaic artist with a deep admiration for ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Arts, and I love to share this passion in my newsletter, as well as the work of other more modern mosaicists, working with traditional or non-traditional media. 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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What really matters is what you like !

As I was getting in my car to drive home after Sword training 3 weeks ago, I received a surprising phone. This guy, calling from what I thought was Pakistan, asked me if I could sell him a picture of the Afghan Girl mosaic ! 

I could not exactly figure out what he wanted as he had a foreign accent (I know, he probably felt the same) so I asked him to email me the details of what he actually wanted.

I received his email the next day. He actually is an Afghan citizen, living in Australia, and his wife is going to open an Afghan restaurant in Newport NSW - close to Sidney. He had browsed on line for a picture of the Afghan girl, and my mosaic was the only one he liked ! He intended to have it printed and framed to display her in the restaurant.

I was not willing to sell a digital file, but I proposed to sell him a banner I could have printed here. We agreed on pricing and shipping costs, Amed wired me some money, and I had the banner printed ! 

Afghan Girl Mosaic banner 3 x 7'

The printing on a plastified canvas actually came out very nice. This banner is 3 x 7' ( 1 x 2 m) and should really look stunning in the restaurant. It was also much easier to ship than an original mosaic... 

Hopefully I should be able to show you pictures of the restaurant within a few month. It should be delivered in Australia this coming Wednesday June 11.

This is the first time that I sell a reproduction of one of my pieces. I was not so sure about this, but the result being excellent I will start offering this option.

For a fraction of the price of an original, one can own a beautiful signed reproduction... Something you might want to consider.
 
What really matters is what you like and how much you are willing to pay for. How you relate to the piece and enjoy being around it.

If you are interested by a paper or canvas print of one of my work, please contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com or by phone at (334) 798 1639.

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