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Archive for July, 2010

Spotlight: Chicago Mosaic School

I recently got back from a quick trip to the Chicago Mosaic School for a one-day workshop in smalti.  This was the first time I’d been to the school, so I didn’t know exactly what to expect, but I was totally excited to go.  It turns out my enthusiasm was not unwarranted – the workshop [...]

Mosaic Pixel Art: Donkey Kong Solidified

There are several reasons I love creating mosaics of video game themes.  For one, I love games.  That’s the easiest one.  More than that, though, this combination of subject + medium connects ancient methods of pictorial representation with those of the digital age.  The contradiction is totally fun.  Mosaic is the ultimate analog. Mosaic pixel [...]

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