Mosaic Fiesta 2017

 

A unique creative experience !

I developed my Opus Pixellatum technique in 2015 for my Yezidi Eyes series of mosaics. As I refined it this year I came to realize the huge potential of this technique to create mesmerizing and fascinating pieces.

Many of you having enquired about this I am thinking about organizing next February in Atlanta MOSAIC FIESTA : a fun and exclusive event to share with you my experience with this new innovative technique !

The principle of Opus Pixellatum is simple : From a digital picture I create a model grid. Each cell of this grid contains a number, corresponding to one color of mosaic tiles. You glue this tile on the grid. Once all the cells of the grid are covered, your mosaic is ready to grout. It is complete.

Yezidi 37 - from picture to complete mosaic

This sounds very much like “mosaic by number”. It's not ! Opus Pixellatum allows many many beautiful and dramatic variations and I’ll teach, explain and demonstrate them to you during the event.

 

Practically, we'll take a picture of you (Or you 'll bring one you like) and I'll create a model from it. Saturday morning you will build your mosaic on the model. Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning we will glue it and grout it on its support and you will bring it home with you !

We will use recycled glass tiles only, and there will be no cutting involved.


The event, hosted in a beautiful hotel downtown Atlanta would be all inclusive. Rooms, Food, Instructions, Models, all Mosaic Supplies and Tools will be provided and the cost would be approximately of $1,250 for the 3 days.



My good friend Shelley and I are still at the organizing stage and would really appreciate your input or questions on this project.


Please Please let us know your thoughts by email at frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com or by phone at (334) 798 1639 

Thank you for your help ! 

Yours in Mosaics ...

Mosaic Fiesta 2017 - A mosaic event by Frederic Lecut, International mosaic artist and Renaissance Man.

Opus Mixtum I

It's been a long time since I took Latin. Today I started on a new project. Something which I believe was never tempted before. Ta Da ! Outrageous ? I am going to mix 2 different techniques to realize one only piece...

Opus Tesselatum is the technique mostly used in Classical Roman mosaics. It is also the one I used to create many pieces.

Aujourd'hui je m'attelle a un nouveau projet. Nouveauté inédite !  

Je vais construire une mosaïque en utilisant 2 techniques très différentes !  

Opus Tessellatum est la technique employée par la plupart des mosaicistes Grecs et Romains Classiques et Byzantins.  Une technique qui a fait ses preuves et que j'ai employée de nombreuses fois.

Maribel's eye - L'oeil de Maribel

I invented Opus Pixellatum to build my series of Yezidi Eyes Mosaics.

J'ai invente Opus Pixellatum pour bâtir ma série de mosaïques des Yeux des Yézidis.

Yezidi 37's eye - L'oeil de Yezidi 37

Here is the piece you'll get to know as "Mixed Opus" until you figure out what it actually represents.

Et voici la pièce que vous connaîtrez sous le nom de "Mixed Opus" jusqu’à nouvel ordre - ou que vous deviniez de quoi ou qui il s'agit ! 

Mixed Opus - Aug 23, 2016, le 23 Aout 2016

I am a French mosaic artist based in Alabama. My Art is about Inspiration. 

I am presently working on several huge mosaic portraits of the eyes of inspiring people, and on several community projects.

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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Je suis un Artiste Mosaïste installe en Alabama. Le but de mon Art c'est d'inspirer.

Présentement, je travaille a de grands portraits des Yeux de personnes dignes d'admiration, ainsi qu'a plusieurs projets de mosaiques communautaires

Si mon travail vous intéresse vous pouvez me contacter par téléphone au 334 798 1639 (aux Etats Unis), ou par email a frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com

 

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Mystery Mosaic - Mysterieuse Mosaique !

The Mystery Mosaic realized in Opus Pixellatum and Reverse Method, was flipped on July 21st at the Wiregrass Museum of Art.

Once flipped, the mosaic needs to be cleaned of all the glue used to lay the tesserae on the model, before you can grout it and bring her to completion.

Here it the Mystery Mosaic, right after I cleaned her up, under the beautiful sun of Alabama ! 

The Mystery Mosaic, just cleaned. from Frederic Lecut on Vimeo.

Le 21 juin dernier, j'ai retourne la Mosaique Mysterieuse realisee en Opus Pixellatum et methode inverse au Wiregrass Museum of Art.

Une fois qu'une telle mosaique est retournee, il faut encore nettoyer toute la colle qui a servi a positionner les tesselles sur le modele avant de pouvoir passer aux operations de finition. 

Voici donc la Mosaique Mysterieuse, toute proprette, sous le beau soleil de l'Alabama ! 

La Mosaique Mysterieuse, toute propre ! from Frederic Lecut on Vimeo.

If you would like to discuss how to use mosaics to develop communities or are interested by other aspects of my work, please contact me by phone at (334) 798 1639 or by email at frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com 
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Si vous souhaitez discuter de l'organisation de projets communautaires de mosaique ou si d'autres aspects de mon travail vous interessent vous pouvez me contacter par telephone au 334 798 1639 (aux Etats Unis), ou par email a frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com

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The Yezidis Mosaics, April 2016

I completed last week the laying of the tesserae of the last mosaic of this set. Yezidi 36 is a portrait of a young female soldier. 

Yezidi 36

A very intense pair of eyes of a brave woman fighting for the right of her people to live peacefully on the land of their ancestors, practicing the religion of their choice. 

Here is the model : 

Please remember that because I work reverse method, I am building a mirror image of the model. Sometimes this week, I will glue a framed support on top of the mosaic, and will later flip it so we can finally see the mosaic looking very much like the model. 

Yezidi 36 will be spectacular, I have learned a lot building this collection, this new Opus Pixellatum technique I am now implementing really allows for stunning effects... I will have a hard time letting such beauty go, but I am not doing it for me, but to help the Free Yezidi Foundation which works tirelessly to advocate for greater attention and assistance in favour of the Yezidi refugees.

Yezidi 13 and 20 are at the welding shop where my friend Eddie is building their metallic frames. 

Yezidi 13

They should be completed within 2 weeks. 

Yezidi 20

If all goes well, the whole set of 7 mosaics should be complete by mid May 2016, and we will then start thinking of the best way to organize a sale or auction. 

I will donate 50 % of the profit of the sales to the Free Yezidi Foundation. 

 

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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A small Asian Portait in Opus Pixelatum

Here is an animation demonstrating my Opus Pixellatum way of building mosaics. 

Enjoy !

In this type of work the design part is quite long to create the model. The laying is done following numbers, so you don't see at all what you are doing... This way of laying goes usually a little faster  than if you'd work following a more modus operandi, as in for example an Opus Tesselatum work. 

One could say this Opus Pixellatum is a "mosaic by number" process, and I do not have any problem with this...

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 a portrait realized in this technique, or a more traditional mode of realization 

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. 

  

You can also

SUBSCRIBE to my

NEWSLETTER