Posted by sfmosaic on December 7, 2017 · 8 Comments
A lively Harlem mosaic covered by a brick wall, and you can help bring it back!
Category 1, Architecture, Art, Mosaics, News & Culture, Travel · Tagged with art, harlem, jazz, mosaic, mural, music, New York, travel
Posted by sfmosaic on November 18, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Uncovering the little-known world of midcentury women artists working in mosaic and tile
Category Architecture, Art, midcentury, Mosaics, Workshops · Tagged with architecture, BAMM, British Association for Modern Mosaic, conference, craft, lecture, modern mosaic, modernist architecture, mosaic, technology, women
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Posted by sfmosaic on April 1, 2015 · 2 Comments
UPDATE: Mural goes on the BLOCK….BLACK GOLD: Thar’s Oil in Them Thar Walls. Vintage mosaic mural discovered, but who dunnit? New article by Lillian Sizemore for Mosaic Art Now.
Category Architecture, Interiors, Mosaics, Vintage · Tagged with architectural mosaic, architecture, auction, John Smith, Los Angeles, Max Spivak, midcentury, mosaic, mosaic conservation, mural, restoration, stone mosaics, vintage
Posted by sfmosaic on February 26, 2015 · 4 Comments
RARE VISIONARY ENVIRONMENT: George Ehling’s Mosaic House tours in Los Angeles and two exclusive essays due Spring 2015 by Lillian Sizemore @musiva
Category Architecture, Art, Interiors, Mosaics, News & Culture, Travel · Tagged with architectural mosaics, architecture, art, BAMM, creativity, Geometry, Los Angeles, mosaic, Mosaics, Ornament, pattern, raw vision, tile, tours, travel, visionary environments
Posted by sfmosaic on February 6, 2015 · 10 Comments
Are Mosaics UNDERVALUED? What would you charge? What would you pay?
Category Antiquities, Architecture, Geometry, Interiors, Mosaics, News & Culture · Tagged with ancient mosaics, antiques, antiquities, architecture, art, artisan, assemblage, auction, contemporary mosaics, craft, craftsmanship, design, hand-made, interiors, making, mosaic, Mosaics, Old Stuff, roman mosaics
Posted by sfmosaic on October 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Listen to this wonderful AUDIO story about STONE. “the beautiful tones of the quarry bells” from IntheDarkRadio.
Category Architecture, Mosaics, News & Culture, Spirit, Travel · Tagged with audio, Dorset, history, Mair Bosworth, masons, mosaic, Portland, Portland stone, quarried stone, rocks, Sound Bank Grant Scheme, stone, stone mosaics, travel
Posted by sfmosaic on May 2, 2014 · 8 Comments
A round up of UNIQUE CERAMIC TILE spotted over the past several months. Mostly London, one from Paris, enjoy!
Category Architecture, Art, Mosaics, Travel · Tagged with architecture, art, ceramic tile, design, hand-made, London, Paris, tile, travel, vintage
Posted by sfmosaic on February 11, 2014 · 1 Comment
Originally posted on a elegância das coisas:
A casa da minha mãe tem o piso da varanda feito com esse mosaico como tantas outras casas paulistas dos anos 40/50 . Eu amo o piso de caquinhos de cerâmica vermelhos salpicado de cacos? pretos e amarelos. Descobri um texto que conta a história dessa moda.…
Posted by sfmosaic on November 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
More mosaic pops up in Hoxton!
Category Architecture, Mosaics, News & Culture, Travel · Tagged with circus, dogs, Hoxton, Hoxton Varieties, London, mosaic, mural, Tessa Hunkin
Posted by sfmosaic on April 15, 2013 · 1 Comment
RADIO: Listen in to the backstory on the modernist Petroleum Club mosaic, interview with Lillian Sizemore and Greg Johnson by Kevin Ferguson of KPCC
