MOSAIC 
Getting started with mosaics(0)
The mosaic technique is simple to master and requires only a few basic tools and materials. Mosaics are created by placing small pieces of material, like tiles or broken crockery, together and sticking them in place to create a design. You can create a mosaic on almost any surface and transform it from something plain [...]
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Pique assiette mosaic artist Jenifer Strachan
Pique assiette mosaic artist Jenifer Strachan is an artisan in the oldest sense of the word, a highly skilled craftsman. Although the name pique assiette – which means “plate thief” or “stolen from plates” – was not coined until the 1930s, it is an antediluvian craft dating back to ancient Greece and Rome when bits [...]
Contemporary mosaic art:Lake Oswego pieces together diverse art show
For weeks, heavy and mysteriously shaped parcels bearing postmarks from all over the world have been arriving in Lake Oswego. Australia. Italy. Wisconsin. Tokyo. Texas. One by one, the packages were stowed in the basement of the Realty Trust office on A Avenue. This week, crews have been hauling them down the hill to the [...]
The Cutting Edges: Contemporary Mosaic Art exhibit will shatter your understanding of the art form.
As the featured exhibit in the 46th annual Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, the exhibit is the largest assembly of mosaic art ever exhibited in the United States. But that’s not all. From June 26 to 28, George Rogers Park and the Lakewood Center for the Arts – both on State Street in Lake [...]
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