Sep 13 2008
SMALTI
My sister sent me a pic of some of the smalti tiles we chose from in our last class – as you can see, it’s much brighter and more colorful than the smalti used in Byzantine art:
Smalti mosaic tile
I chose lots of blues and greens – at the moment I thought something oceanic sounded cool… but then I thought that maybe I’d do an autumn-themed mosaic so I grabbed a few autumnal colors (I also thought they’d complement my oceanic colors if I decided to use them in that anyway). Then I grabbed some pink because – well – pink is just cute…. so now I’m debating between doing an ocean scene, maybe even a Mt. Fuji-esque picture, a fall mosaic, or something pop-y like cupcakes. OR, Hello Kitty riding on a Mt. Fuji wave… though somehow I doubt that I should start with something so complicated.
What great mosaic ideas! I like them all. I don’t know what I’m going to do – maybe a starry sky at night, or retro cherries?! What do you think?
Hello Kitty, FTW.