Christ Icon Mosaic on a Music CD Cover

The Christ Icon Mosaic has been used as the cover of a Music CD ...

Canciones Selectas de Carmelo Erdozáin; 12 cantos para la Misa - Acoustic recordings and new arrangements.

This 12-song recording and accompaniment book contain the best songs from Chilean Artist Carmelo Erdozáin over the past 30 years of his international career. 

3D Torso

 
This is my first 3 dimensional mosaic. Exclusively made of regular and irridescent glass and mirror tiles, this female torso is adorned with young fern-leaf looking tattoos inspired from those worn by Pict and Scottish tribes of Northern Britain of the Roman Era.







The technique is very different from the one I generally use, every thing is directly set on the fame. You also have to accommodate for the fact that ceramic - or glass, does not bend to fol,low the curvature of the frame...

I also used a different type of grouting on this piece - I wanted a copper coloured grout - which is not available on the market. I had to produce it myself - some research, some experiment... The result is beautiful.

Hope you enjoy it...

Maribel's Eyes

Maribel's Eyes were completed in November 2012.
It is made of Black Granite, Ceramics and Glasses .

Maribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is absolutely amazing playing the beautiful Luisa in the 2001 Mexican film "Y tu Mamá También".

 Maribel's Eyes

The eyes are the mirror of the soul.

 I take commissions...

Maribel - in Process

Maribel - In Process

 

Eva's Eyes

I just realized today that I had completed quite a few pieces and never had published them. 

So here is the first of them : 

Eva's Eyes was completed in October 2012. Made of glasses, ceramics and granite, this piece is 14 x 54 inches (35 x135 cm). The frame is metallic.

French actress and model Eva Green was born on 1980. She achieved fame by appearing as Princess Sybilla in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006).

 

Eyes, Eyes, Eyes - October 2012.

It has been a while since I published anything. I had decided to experiment with steel frames. I believe this is probably the way to go for heavy pieces, such as the series of eyes I am working on presently.

Because these pieces are long and can be fragile (I broke one or two of them, and the repair work is something I would rather not have to do again) I now reinforce the backing board with wood before I transfer the mosaic onto it. I also thought the steel frame would also considerably reinforce the whole piece.

 
As I am not equipped to weld, I had to find welders to help me, this took a little while, tests, and errors (on my part)... 

Anyway, I am about to publish 3 more pieces, I need to get some good pictures of them, but  - for your eyes only - here are details of two of them,..

 "Los Ojos de Maribel"

and 

"Les Yeux d'Eva"...

Both pieces are approximately 53 x 14 inches (133 x 35 cm), and made of ceramics, glasses and granites.

Stay tuned, I will soon publish full pictures of these pieces. 

Send me a picture of the eyes of a person dear to you, I will create a beautiful mosaic of them.

Reversed method

Most of my mosaics are made according to the reverse - or inverted method. I build them upside down, glue them on their support then flip them.

There are several reasons to do that :

When you work with materials of different thickness, and you want a flat , smooth result, this practically is the only solution.

It is also, in my opinion, results in a smoother  mosaic than the direct method.

The drawbacks are that you do not see exactly what you are doing, the colors of materials may be very different. Mirrors, for example, are usually grey or blue in the back. Stones are usually not polished on both sides, and the unpolished side is generally of a very different color ...

Here is an example of a piece right before and right after its flipping in August 2012. Remember than one is the mirror image of the other. You can see how the black granite looks very different in both pictures  Usually, non polished stones have much duller colors - but at times, the colors may be totally different from one side to the other... This is the case for some porcelains  and of most mirrors.

Eva's Eyes is mostly made of granite and ceramics. I will publish it in a few weeks when I have completed it. Once a piece is flipped, there are still quite a few hours to clean it up, grout it and frame it.

Mathilde

The Mathilde Mosaic was completed a few month ago, but, it was a birthday present for a young lady dear to me who just turned 27 last Sunday. So, until now, I had not been able to publish it...

Until today, I had refered to her as the Mysterious Woman... Now you can see and know her by her real name.

Mathilde is made of glass and iridescent glass tiles, and she measures 18 x 30 Inches (46 x 76 cm).

The Original Mathilde Picture

I take commissions - if you desire a portrait of a loved one, - or are intereseted in any other mosaic work -  please contact me and let us discuss your project.