#helen miles mosaics

A new blog post on the curious mosaics of San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna which depict the Fourth, disastrous, Crusade. .http://helenmilesmosaics.org/blog/mosaics-of-san-giovanni-evangelista/ 

Working on a series of three panels for a London courtyard. 105cm by 105cm. Stone on marine ply. Here’s the first panel complete before grouting. 

Mosaics by Felice Nittolo, Raffaella Ceccsarossi and Pascale Beauchamp feature in my latest blog post about contemporary mosaics: http://helenmilesmosaics.org/contemporary-mosaics/contemporary-mosaics/

Come and learn how to make mosaics with me in Greece! 15-22 September, 2017. For more information go to www.lagouraxi.com and press ‘courses.’ 

What are mosaics? First, five things that they are not: alterable, spontaneous, layered, contextual and ambiguous. http://helenmilesmosaics.org/mosaics-miscellaneous/what-are-mosaics/

A pair of #mosaic tweezers - a new series of mosaics of tools used by the Romans and which are now little changed and still used.

I’ve just had the huge pleasure of posting a guest blog by the award winning Canadian mosaicist Julie Sperling on how to use thinset for mosaics. http://helenmilesmosaics.org/mosaic-tutorials/using-thinset-for-mosaics/

Lesser known mosaics from local museums off the beaten track in Greece are included in this fully illustrated Comprehensive Guide to the Mosaics of Greece: http://helenmilesmosaics.org/mosaic-sites/guide-mosaics-greece/

Mosaics above from 1. Dion 2. Sparta and 3. Hypati, Greece. 

Moving house and old mosaics are resurfacing.

Opus variatum or biggsum, opus drostleum, opus fluctum and opus opusum - examples of the new opuses which I’ve added to the lexicon in my latest blog post: http://helenmilesmosaics.org/mosaics-miscellaneous/andamento/

After grouting.