- 25 March 2009
19 - 26 July 2009
I’m organizing a mosaic workshop in Venice Lido, next summer!
We are making mosaic in a wonderful hotel close to the beach, at 10 minutes by boat from Saint Mark Square, but also enjoying the magic atmosphere of Venice and its lagoon!
I’m waiting fo you!
Download the general info
MOSAIC WORKSHOP IN VENICE
- 5 January 2009
- The year 2008 ended in an unexpected way: I had a car accident in South Africa, and I came back home with a plaster on my right foot... but happy to be alive! I am keeping the plaster until January 13th, then I hope to come back to work... and also to come back to South Africa as soon as possible! I miss my students and my friends there! Happy new year, happy mosaics to everybody!
Happy 2009!!!!
- 3 September 2008
- Here I am, after a very busy summer, June in California, July and August working at the Spilimbergo mosaic School and making mosaic in my workshop. In two days I’m flying to Cape Town, for a two months mosaic project... I’ll keep you updated, it’s going to be very interesting!
Ready to fly to South Africa
- 10 April 2008
- I’m back from one week in Miami, where I enjoyed the 7th Congress of SAMA, gaving classes and a presentation of my mosaics and the Spilimbergo Mosaic School: I have no words to say how great it was!!! Such an experience! I come back home full of new friends, new inspiration for my mosaics... They were 4 days full of things to do: share experiences, listen to other presentation, meet new and old friends, enjoy all the thing offered by the SAMA! Super extra compliments for the great organization, everything was terrific!! Thank you to everybody indeed! And now I am a member of SAMA! I do not want to miss the next Congress, the next year in San Diego!
Back from Miami!
- 13 February 2008
- Here I am, back from two weeks in South Africa! Have a look at www.spier.co.za. Spier’s boss, Dick Hentoven, and his assistent Jeanetta, are incredible guests and brillant minds, planning to open a mosaic workshop for artists living in the township close to Cape Town. Celina Ellen (students at the Spilimbergo Mosaic School for a few months now) and I were invited to go there and have a look about this project. We are going to teach mosaic and work with our students on a big commission. We are excited to go back and start as soon as possible!
back from South Africa
- 6 November 2007
I had a great time in Spain, on the "Camino de Santiago", a walk of about 20 Km every day for 20 days (I "only" walked half of the Camino, 370 Km, so I keep the second part of the trip for the next holiday!)... very inspiring: wonderful nature, people, culture, spirituality... all that is necessary to grow up and get new inspiration for nicer mosaic... now it’s time to come back to work, and show some of the mosaics that I made before leaving (soon the ones I’m doing right now!):
H.Matisse: Still life
I love Gaudì... and fortunately I always have somebody asking for a shower on "trencadis":
I also had a great time in California, helping my friend Pippa Murray on a big commission... my favorite colleague was Ithaka, Pippa’s daughter:
Ithaka and me
In June I was in California again, giving kids and adult classes at the CCA:
...more soon, thank you for visiting my site!
Back from Spain...
- 17 January 2007
I have been working a lot in the last months, making mosaics as well as teaching mosaic in Italy and abroad.
The most important mosaic that I made is placed now on the front of the Church of S. Giuseppe in Potenza, South Italy. It’s a 10 sqm mosaic represents S.Giuseppe.
See the pics
Il soggetto è di nuovo (come per la Chiesa di S.Maria di Costantinopoli di Baronissi,Sa) di Padre Tarcisio Manta, artista-frate francescano che mi ha scelto per la traduzione a mosaico dei suoi meravigliosi disegni. I 10 mq di quest’ultimo mosaico rappresentano S.Giuseppe, protettore dei lavoratori, e diverse figure di lavoratori appunto: la madre col bambino, il ragazzo davanti al computer, l’uomo di colore e il bambino del terzo mondo, entrambi sfruttati dal nostro sistema economico, e infine... il disoccupato che, con le mani in mano, vorrebbe lavorare... Il mosaico ha avuto successo, e Padre Tarcisio mi ha già parlato del prossimo lavoro... ma ne parleremo...Per quanto riguarda i corsi, l’esperienza più interessante è stata l’inizio della mia collaborazione con l’ARSAP (Associazione Regionale per lo Sviluppo delle Attività Professionali), che mi ha chiamato per dei corsi in carcere.
Ho varcato dunque i cancelli del carcere di Pordenone e di Tolmezzo (Ud), ed entrambi sono stati la scoperta di un mondo e di un’umanità per me nuovi. Purtroppo le foto di questi ambienti e dei lavori realizzati non possono essere di pubblico dominio, e le mie sensazioni, i racconti, le mie esperienze umane... beh, mi piacerebbe parlarne a lungo e condividerle, ma per ora rinvio, solo per problemi di tempo. Chi mi conosce da anni forse ricorderà i miei resoconti dai Territori Occupati palestinesi(un altro tipo di prigione...) in altre esperienze di insegnamento del mosaico... continua evidentemente il mio desiderio di confrontarmi e arricchirmi di esperienze umane: le mie umili conoscenze di quest’arte meravigliosa che è il mosaico, in cambio dell’arte di vivere.
Here I am, finally updating my site...
- 3 March 2006
That’s the mosaic I have been working on, in the last 4 months, that’s why you don’t hear from me for so long...
Work in progress
- 16 November 2005
Finally the work is finished!
Visit the gallery
Marlene and Luise
- 15 November 2005
Participating in an exhibition or a competition is a good "excuse" for me to create my own mosaics which are often more personal and unconventional than the ones I do for commissions. My works currently on exhibit at Villa Galvani, located in the oldest park in Pordenone, is just such an example my "non-conforming" side!
In my recent mosaics I continue to work on the concept of the "lightness" of mosaic and on layering so that the mosaics can reach unexpected depths. Is that possible with mosaic?! Well, I think so!
Here it is-my "Self-portrait" in which you have a first layer of transparent "tessere"’ covered by silicone, glued over my enlarged picture -2nd layer-. The transparent tessere follow of course the traditional rules of mosaics "andamenti". Instead of being colored themselves, they let you see the color behind them or my picture! At this point you have a third, deeper layer. If you switch on a light behind the mosaic, you can read the enigmatic question "But who is behind the mask?" written upside down behind the mosaic. But if you switch off the light the question disappears just like the doubts and fears hidden behind the image that we present to the world of ourselves.
The pictures hung on transparent wires are taken from my recent journey in Japan. That’s the way I see Japan—a charming and mysterious country. Here again I use transparent "tessere" covered with silicone and glued over my pictures. Again, the "tessere" strictly follow the traditional rules of mosaic’s andamenti but sometimes I use a bigger piece where I want to highlight a special detail.
Also on exhibit is my "100% MOSAIC" foulard where the "tessere" are trapped in the silicone making the mosaic more transparent and flexible.
This way to doing mosaic is quite unconventional, at least for who studied at the mosaic school in Spilimbergo. This method pushes mosaic techniques to its limit and reflects my wish to play with mosaic and to be ironic with it!
