TILE MOSAIC COURSE

Come learn to make tile mosaics with Robert Stout and Stephanie Jurs of Twin Dolphin Mosaics.
Ceramic tile is a versatile mosaic material, perfectly suited to creating quality artwork. Robert and Stephanie have been creating broken tile mosaics for over twenty years; their work ranges from small wall pieces to large mosaic pavements, many of which are public art commissions for US universities and museums.
Twice winners of Spectrum awards (First Prize Commercial and Award of Merit), Twin Dolphin Mosaics continues to produce tile mosaic artwork for public and private clients in the US and Europe. Their current project is five pavement mosaics for an Art Center near Seattle, Washington.
The techniques and the ‘feel’ of tile mosaics are both similar and quite different from those of mosaics made with glass or marble. During this five day course you will create a 12-16” square mosaic using solid-body porcelain tiles. This material is an unglazed commercial ceramic tile, high fired, suitable for both interior and exterior applications. A solid color throughout, it breaks easily with either a hammer or nippers.
A course appropriate for beginners as well as advanced mosaicists, you’ll learn techniques suitable for large or small scale works. We’ll cover issues related to the design, production, materials, techniques and installation of tile mosaic artwork.

The course is 40 hours, Monday to Friday; the cost is 660€ which covers taxes, insurance, all instruction and materials, use of tools, certificate attesting to successful completion of the course, and the mosaic you create during the course.

Dates:
19-23 July
26-30 July

Websites:
kokomosaico
twindolphinmosaics
flickr


For more information and details, contact us or contact Stephanie at twindolphinmosaics@yahoo.com

work in progress

from child’s design

broken tile mosaic

MOSAIC DAY-TRIPS

CUSTOM MOSAIC DAY-TRIPS & EXCURSIONS

Do you love mosaics and want to experience some of the mosaic riches here in Italy? Ravenna has astounding Byzantine mosaics, and in the surrounding areas we can find the whole range, from 1st century Roman mosaics, to medieval mosaics, right up to provocative contemporary mosaics.

Kokomosaico organizes custom half-day, full-day and multi-day mosaic trips. No set departures, we go when you want, with as many or as few as you are.

The destinations to choose from include:

Near Ravenna we can see: a huge Roman-era floor mosaic replete with hunting scenes, Dionysus and pals; a Roman villa dating to the 1st century AD with many of its black/white geometric floors intact; and the remains of an 11th century Benedictine monastery whose church floor writhes with mosaic animals and geometric patterns.

Venice is where we admire the mosaics of St Mark’s, the 11th century mosaics on the island of Torcello (with a very sobering depiction of Judgment Day), and the splendour of the Orsoni glass and gold factory.

Spilimbergo is home to a respected mosaic school and a lively community of artists whose mosaic philosophy differs sharply from that of Ravenna’s.

Aquileia, northern Italy’s most important archeological site. We’ll visit a Basilica literally carpeted with early Christian mosaics and a museum whose collection has been called ‘a graduate course in mosaics’.

If we choose to go south, there are numerous hidden mosaic treasures—this is the heartland of the Roman Empire after all. For a change of pace, we might visit Niki St Phalle’s Tarot Garden, a sculpture garden boasting huge sculptures based on the tarot cards, entirely covered in mosaic.

In addition to exploring the mosaic sites, we know these areas well: the cafés, the local studios and the back streets. On all of these trips you are accompanied by either Stephanie Jurs, an American mosaicist (Twin Dolphin Mosaics) and experienced travel guide, who has lived in Ravenna for the past eleven years, and/or staff from Kokomosaico. Visiting these sites with working mosaicists who live here will increase your appreciation and understanding of what the sites have to offer. The excursions can stand alone or form part of your mosaic course at Kokomosaico.

Each excursion is planned individually according to your preferences. Price depends on the length of the excursion and the number of people participating. Please write Stephanie at twindolphinmosaics@yahoo.com for more information, prices, and to make a reservation.

Websites:
kokomosaico
twindolphinmosaics

ドイツ人講習生　アルミンのインタビュー

ドイツ人講習生　アルミンのインタビュー
ドイツでは、陶器・石材・モザイクを扱った作品を制作しており、モザイクの技術をより深めるためにラヴェンナのkoko mosaico工房で講習を受けることに決めた。
この講習は、今まで知らなかった多くの素材の知識や様々な伝統技術を知る場となった。
この工房はパーフェクト。なぜなら、アリアンナとルーカは若いけれど優秀で経験も豊富だし、モザイクに大変な情熱を注いでいて、その情熱を伝達することで学習を容易なものにすることができるからだ。そして、彼らはとてもキュートな上、僕らにイタリアの甘い生活を教えてくれるんだ！
僕が６ヶ月 koko 工房でモザイクを勉強した上で言える事は、参加することをお勧めします、ということだね。