Self-Portrait Mosaic in Smalti and Mixed-Media with Arianna Gallo
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create a self-portrait in mosaic, just like the professionals? Or are you curious how to approach mosaic portraiture in a contemporary style? This online course offered by Mosaic Arts Online is designed to guide you through the process of creating your own self-portrait mosaic, from start to finish, with the expertise and guidance of the artist Arianna Gallo. You can create a portrait of someone other than yourself using all of the same methods Arianna teaches in this course.
To learn more about this course and enroll, click this LINK
https://mosaicartsonline.com/p/direct-ravenna-method-with-arianna-gallo
(10:00-13:00 AND 14:00-18:00)
This course allows you to create a beautiful small mosaic inspired by an ancient Byzantine, Roman, or Medieval detail. You will craft a replica using the same materials as the ancients did—and as we still do at Koko Mosaico. At your disposal: marbles, precious Venetian smalti, and even a touch of gold tesserae.
You will bring your artwork to life by experiencing every phase of the Ravenna method on thinset/mortar: from cutting tesserae with ancient tools such as the hammer and the hardie, preparing the cementitious adhesive, transferring the design, mastering the best way to set the tesserae and understanding the fundamentals of "andamento"—all the way to completing your piece.
At the end of the course, the mosaic will be yours to take home as a unique and personal memory of this experience.
Whether you’re an experienced mosaicist or trying mosaic for the first time, working with this technique on a subject inspired by the ancients will allow you to learn, experiment, and dive deeply into how we create mosaics here in our atelier.
COST
The total cost of the course is € 250,00 per person.
COST FOR GROUPS
Cost for groups (minimum 10, maximum 20 people) 200,00 € per person
DURATION
The total duration of the course is 7 hours with lessons in these hours 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00.
GOAL
The goal will be to create one mosaic of about 7x7 inches.
(9:00-13:00 OR 14:00-18:00)
You will make a copy of an ancient mosaic from the Roman, Byzantine or Medieval period, cemented directly onto a substrate.
You'll participate in every phase of the creation of your piece (except for the cutting of material into small pieces using traditional tools, the hardie and the hammer, however you will see a cutting demonstration). You can choose between marble, glass (smalti) and/or gold tessere, depending on which design you have chosen to copy.
COST
The total cost of the course is € 160,00 per person.
COST FOR GROUPS
Cost for groups (minimum 10, maximum 20 people) 120,00 € per person
DURATION
The total duration of the course is 4 hours with lessons in these hours 9:00-13:00 or 14:00-18:00.
GOAL
The goal will be to create one mosaic of about 7x7 inches.
This course introduces you to the Ravenna technique on thinset/mortar, teaching you how to create a mosaic artwork by working in sections. Throughout the course, you will work on a mosaic inspired by an ancient detail from the Byzantine, Roman, or Medieval era, using the same materials that were used centuries ago and that we still favor at Koko Mosaico: fine marbles, Venetian smalti, and even gold tesserae.
On the first day of the course, you'll choose your subject from the many ancient mosaic designs available in our studio.
You will learn about tracing papers, and you will have the opportunity to cut some of the materials into tesserae using the traditional tools: the hammer and hardie.
You will also learn how to prepare the mortar, transfer the design onto it, and correctly place the tesserae. Finally, you will deepen your understanding of the "andamenti", essential for creating a harmonious composition.
Section by section, with patience and precision, you will complete your beautiful mosaic.
At Koko Mosaico, we use this technique daily to create most of our works! Once you've mastered it, you can also use it to create modern mosaics, thus opening up new creative possibilities for your future projects.
COST
The total cost of the course is € 470
DURATION
The total duration of the course is 20 hours.
GOAL
The goal will be to create a mosaic of about 13 x 10 inches.